DBasia.news – Manchester United have sacked Jose Mourinho on Tuesday (18/12). However, there are still many unique and interesting stories from The Special One.
Besides the inconsistent performance, the poor relationship between Mourinho and some players also steal the attention. Moreover, the former Chelsea manager is the person who always brave enough to give harsh critic to the players.
In the 2018/2019 season, Mourinho and Paul Pogba’s conflicts often became the highlight. He suddenly took off the captain ban and excluded him from the squad. Recently, when they played 2-2 draw against Southampton, the man who was born on Setubal, Portugal, mentioned Pogba as the virus within the squad.
Now, a surprising fact is revealed, Mirror reported Mourinho asked The Red Devils players to stay away from Pogba. It’s unconfirmed who were the players, but possibly the seniors.
The reason was he didn’t want the former Juventus player gave a bad influence to the team.
The 2018/2019 season isn’t going really well, not only for Manchester United but also for Pogba. Apparently, the 25-year-old player often started the match from the bench and even didn’t chosen as the main squad when United had the important match against Manchester City and lately defeated 1-3 against Liverpool.
Now, after his departure, the club have appointed their former player, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to lead the team until the season ends.