Manchester United should pick up where Sir Alex Ferguson left off and sell Paul Pogba sooner rather than later, according to broadcaster Alan Brazil.

United paid £90m to sign the midfielder from Juventus in 2016, just four years after he had been allowed to leave Ferguson's United on a free.

He blossomed into one of the best midfielders in the world in Serie A but has only shown that in flashes since his return to England.

His second spell in the Premier League has come during a turbulent period for the Old Trafford side and he has been routinely linked with a move away.

And as the likes of Real Madrid and PSG circle, Brazil reckons the time has come for United to say goodbye once more.

" Fergie sussed Pogba out from an early age," Brazil told Tribalfootball. "He took him to the airport and basically said there's the plane, see you son.

"And I think Ole would be better off without him at the club. People still tell me 'you can't, he's the best player at the club.'

"If he is, I haven't see it, or at least, I haven't seen it consistently. And he keeps talking about when he is away with France or whether he's on holiday.

"I think he has disrespected the football club of Manchester United, I really do. Sir Matt Busby would never have put up with them, Fergie certainly didn't."

United aspire to return to the top of the table under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but it's currently rivals Liverpool who reign over English football.

The Reds have been dominant under Jurgen Klopp, something Brazil ascribes to their harmonious atmosphere.

And he believes moving Pogba on could help United cultivate a similar team spirit.

"You need harmony in any club. Klopp has got it at Liverpool," he went on. "Fergie had it at United where he didn't have a problem if he left some stars out.

"They accepted they had to fight their way back in. That's what Manchester United have to get back to.

"Sometimes I ask myself 'do those players care that they are not playing or not? Are they happy to sit on the bench and draw massive

"Pogba, I'd love him to go away, to Paris or wherever, and show us how good of a player he is every week. Because he has clearly got it but he hasn't shown it yet."