Arsenal legend Ian Wright has had his say on Paul Pogba's criticism of Jose Mourinho, telling the Manchester United midfielder to stop talking and focus on his football.
Relations have been tense between Pogba and the Portuguese manager since the summer, with the Frenchman having hinted his long-term future may lie away from Old Trafford.
And the situation looks to have worsened after the World Cup winner criticised the team's approach to home matches following Saturday's 1-1 draw with Wolves.
'When we are at home we should attack, attack, attack,' said United's £89million record signing. 'That's Old Trafford. We are here to attack. I think teams are scared when they see Man United attacking and attacking. That was our mistake today.'
And his words did not sit too well with Mourinho, with The Sun reporting that the 49-year-old gave Pogba a verbal dressing down in the changing room following the game.
Mourinho is said to have hit back at the criticism of his tactics, singling out the former Juventus man for his mistake in the build up to Wolves' equaliser.
'If I was his big brother I would tell him: Enough's enough. It's time you stopped talking now because it's not doing you any favours. Just do your stuff,' said Wright, writing in his column for The Sun.
'The time has come for Pogba to end his war of words with Mourinho.
'The Frenchman must have some powerful allies at Old Trafford for him to come out and say stuff like that. It was a direct dig at his coach.'
Pogba is expected to sit out as United host Derby in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night.
whykallar
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Everyone knows it's from Pogba mistake Wolves equalized, so let him shout the f*ck off and play football for good results.
moore8
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I think it’s better for both of them to stay silent and work,Pogba works so hard on the pitch but Mourinho’s tactics are too bad because he believes more in defending,the worst substitution he made was to remove Fred who was playing very well over the weekend
Tocbclmort
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the problem with man utd is José mourinho, he should be like a Father to the team. why is that each time they didn't play well, he will look for one or two players to blame. he keep going to press to say rubbish about his players. pep ,winger,kloop or sir Alex will never do such thing. if you want to caution your player, you do that in the locker room. mourinho needs to leave Manchester united, for a better coach to come in. His too problematic. you guys should leave paul pogba alone. his a better player in juventus than what his doing at man utd now.
Reheyz
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a good footballer should be doing his job on the field than talking too much while being in consistent....just look at Luka Modric simple
zeacnr
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you guys should stop siding with mourino and see reasons with pogba's pain. stop ignoring the truth and empathise with him. he is a good player who want his lazy ass team and annoying manager to change their annoying and boring style of play. we was good in juve, and he also play well national team. pogba is not a defending payer, he plays well with attacking teams and mourino is frustrating him with his defending tactics, pogba always want to be at the front playing attacking. and don't forget mourino had the same problem with ronaldo when he was in real Madrid, and also with hazard when he was in Chelsea if mourino was not sacked hazard would have not be in Chelsea by now, but pogba never had problem with his juve manager and obviously he is chosen by France manager. so you guys should stop deviating from the truth.....
TempleK
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What a reckless statement from Pogba. He has overstepped his bounds. He is yet to prove his worth to United. Mou has coached more talented and gifted Midfielders and Pogba is just a kid to be compared to such greats like Deco, Lampard etc.
miyadnrst
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Morinho tactics and attitudes toward the players are very poor, any good player that come to man united he become very poor for instance, Sanchez who became the pillar of Arsenal become the worse player in man u.other example of good player in their previous club are: pogba,miketariyan,lukaku and Martial who became a good player during the time of Vangal.Morinoh should change his attitude toward the players bcoz every one enter the field with fair of making mistakes forgetting that mistake make one perfect
tdshorty
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if pogba was performing week in and week out we could still agree with him but that doesn't happen so keep your mouth shut and let your footy do the talking...any player knows that when you on the field and you in a certain position then it's you and your talent ,not the coach it's not as if he tells them not to attack , they must do it intelligently without exposing us at the back ,but the players read about parking the bus then they start to believe the crap they read because it's giving them an excuse to hide their inability to score goals