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LONDON. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic has criticised the Class of 92 for slating Paul Pogba during their TV work.

Ibrahimovic refers to the Class of 92, who are David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Nicky Butt, Phil Neville and Ryan Giggs, as the circle of Ferguson after Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson.

The LA Galaxy forward believes the Class of 92 did not like Pogba leaving for Juventus in 2012.

Ibrahimovic also believes the incredible legacy of Sir Alex Ferguson is still something successive Manchester United managers are struggling to come to terms with.

‘’Everything that happens is judged by the era of Ferguson. They are saying if Ferguson was here, this would not happen, Ferguson would not do it like that.

“Ferguson would do it like this. Everything was Ferguson.

“If it was me, I would say I don’t have Ferguson any more. And I come here and I want to make my own history, I want to make my own story.

“So I do not want to hear what happened before. I want to do it in the present. You come in with a new mentality.

“Ferguson has his place in history at this club but now the club continues. It has to find its own identity and it is difficult.”

Ibrahimovic had a close relationship with Jose Mourinho, who regularly came under fire from ex-United players of the Ferguson years, in particular from Paul Scholes.

And that was clearly not to the liking of Zlatan, who has his own term for the Class of ’92 – the Circle of Ferguson.

He goes on: “They are not there any more. They are on TV and complaining all the time because they are not active in the club. “If you want to work in the club, go and search for work in the club.

“So you cannot be on TV and always complaining and criticising. Yeah, ok, you’ve had your time, we know it.

“With Pogba, he was with United when he was young, then he went out and he came back. “And in the circle of Ferguson, they don’t like that. Because they stayed all their life under Ferguson and they never moved from Ferguson. — Mailonline.