Mino Raiola launches extraordinary attack on Manchester United legend Paul Scholes after criticism of Paul Pogba

Scholes was one of those left less than impressed with the midfielder's display against Brighton

Mino Raiola has launched an extraordinary attack on Paul Scholes after the Manchester United legend's fierce criticism of Paul Pogba following the defeat at Brighton.

The Frenchman was one of a number of disappointing performers at the Amex Stadium as United slumped to a hugely deflating result on the south coast.

Pogba's display, where he lost the ball 27 times, drew heavy criticism with he too later admitting his own attitude and that of the team wasn't right.

Scholes was one of those left less than impressed suggesting the midfielder needed to show more given his profile within the team.

"There’s a lack of leaders in the team," Scholes said while working as a television pundit. "We thought Paul Pogba might be the ideal candidate to be that leader but he wasn’t there today. He had another really poor game. He’s so inconsistent."

He added: "Paul Pogba's playing the ball out of play, he's overhitting passes, he's hitting passes short, he's getting caught in possession."

But Raiola, who brokered Pogba's then world-record move to Old Trafford back in 2016, vehemently disagrees.

"Some people need to talk for fear of being forgotten," he tweeted, a first post since July. "Paul Scholes wouldn’t recognize a leader if he was in front of Sir Winston Churchill."

Pogba was one of a number of poor performers at Brighton (Getty)

Pogba's relationship with manager Jose Mourinho has been called into question in recent weeks with Barcelona understood to be monitoring the situation.

Raiola is known to be sounding out potential options for his highest-profile client and added in a second tweet that perhaps Scholes should advise the club's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward to sell their star man.

"Paul Scholes should become sports director and advise Woodward to sell Pogba," he added. "Would be sleepless nights to find Pogba a new club."