Paul Pogba exclusive: Manchester United not at Liverpool's level yet but can still win the Premier League - Sky Sports

He comes across really well and, I think, if he did more interviews, he would change how some people see him.

"Obviously we cannot say now we are at the same level as them because they won the Premier League and keep winning so the day we win - that is when we say we are at the same level.

"We know how good they have been playing over the last few years - we know their quality and how they play.

You try to build, and sometimes things happen you didn't expect, but it's for a good reason.

"You have teams that have been great as well, our neighbours have been great, everyone is building teams, buying top players, so obviously this league is the best league in the world, and you know it's not going to be easy.".

United's rise to the top of Premier League has coincided with Pogba's return to form.

And I've been playing, and when you play you get your form.

"It's a huge difference when you start one game, and don't play the other one, or if you don't play for a few games.

"The team always help the players to be in good form, so the team has been playing very well, helping me and trusting me, with the staff too.

"I hate to be on the bench, I don't like it," he said.

"I am a winner, I just want to play football.

"Last year was a tough season for me, with the injury, where people don't really know about it, playing with the injury, with the double fracture, and trying to give my best as well for the team.

Then obviously I got Covid, and form wasn't the best, and the results with the team wasn't the best for all of us, and we're just coming back to a good form.

He added: "Sometimes you don't get injured, everything is nice, you play your football, and sometimes you don't see the luck that you have.

You're very lucky to play football, but when you're injured, and you can't walk, it's hard to sleep, to find a position to sleep, it's hard not to do what you love, playing football and being with your team-mates.

Bad things can happen, but always after a bad thing there is a good think

But in my path, I took it as a lesson - it was good because I could be with my family for a long time, and as a football player you travel a lot

Finally, there have been plenty of words spoken, positive and negative, about Pogba since his return to the Premier League by pundits and football fans alike

"When you play football, people are going to speak and share their opinion, people are going to say what they think because they are allowed to

"People will like me, people will dislike me, and I will always think of the people that like me, that I make smile, that I make happy, that I make improve, make them learn something

I would rather think about those people

"And people that don't like me, or don't like my haircut or things like this, or when I don't play well, or whether I'm overrated, that doesn't matter

"So, it's good, it makes me work even harder, so thank you, I thank them always!"