Man Utd star Pogba re-opens feud with Mourinho

Paul Pogba has taken a swipe at Jose Mourinho, accusing the former Manchester United manager of casting himself and other players aside with no explanation.

Contrasting Mourinho with current boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the French star also accused Mourinho of using deflecting tactics after his Tottenham side went down 3-1 to United last Sunday.

The midfielder and Mourinho had a rocky relationship towards the end of the manager’s time in charge at Old Trafford.

Pogba was stripped of the United vice-captaincy in September 2018 in front of his teammates and the pair had a training ground bust-up shortly afterward that was picked up by TV cameras.

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Mourinho was sacked three months later and replaced by Solskjaer, who is aiming to win his first silverware as United boss in the UEFA Europa League.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Pogba was scathing in his view of Mourinho, saying: ‘What I have now with Ole is different, he wouldn’t go against the players. He wouldn’t go against the players.

‘Maybe Ole wouldn’t pick them, but it’s not like he puts them on the side like they don’t exist anymore. That’s the difference between Mourinho and Ole.

‘Once I had a great relationship with Mourinho, everybody saw that, and the next day you don’t know what happened.

‘That’s the strange thing I had with Mourinho and I cannot explain to you because even I don’t know. So, yeah.’

Pogba, who won the League Cup and Europa League during Mourinho’s first season at United before their relationship soured, spoke about the fall-out from Sunday’s win at Spurs.

Edinson Cavani saw a first-half opener disallowed by VAR after Scott McTominay made contact with Son Heung-Min’s face with a stray arm in the build-up.

Solskjaer criticised Son’s reaction, saying the referee had been ‘conned’, leading to a heated argument and a war of words with Mourinho.