Former Manchester United defender Wes Brown insists he is confident that Paul Pogba will remain at the club, despite huge interest from Barcelona.

Pogba has been linked with a move to the Catalan side all summer long, after an apparent fallout with Jose Mourinho, who often dropped him last season and recently made questionable comments about the Frenchman following his World Cup win.

The midfielder himself admitted that there were issues for him at United, but that he couldn’t express them over fear of getting fined.

However, Brown believes that United will ignore any bid for Pogba and that the 25-year-old will stay beyond the summer.

Speaking to the Daily Star, Brown said: “Pogba will be staying.

“He’s a Manchester United player. He was captain on Friday, scored a penalty, had a great World Cup and I’m hoping that he just keeps that going and has a fantastic season for United.

“Maybe he’ll be given a bit more freedom this season, especially with Fred there now and still [Nemanja] Matic to come in.

“Fred looks like to get around the pitch, it looks like he likes defending so that may mean Pogba can advance a little bit.

“We’ll just have to see, it’s a bit early at the moment to see how that plays or whether he does become more attacking or if he’s more defensive.”

It would be a huge shame to see a player such as Pogba leave the club, we need players of his class to stay if we are to have any chance of silverware this season.