Mourinho tells shock story of rebellious Man United player
Jose Mourinho has aimed an apparent dig at Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba.
Mourinho and Pogba were at loggerheads for most of the final months of the former’s managerial reign at Old Trafford.
The pair clashed during an open training session in September, shortly after Pogba was stripped of the vice-captaincy.
The Frenchman even had the bare-faced cheek to play some loud music en-route to a game that month, but Mourinho has seemingly accused Pogba of trying to skip a journey on the team bus altogether after the 2-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor.
“We would play a team that was 30 kilometres from Manchester and a player asked me if after the game he could return to Manchester without the team and go on his own,” Mourinho told the ANTF Coaches Forum.
“I told him: ‘If we went to London and you wanted to stay there, that would be one thing. But this is close, it doesn’t make sense.’
“The guy was upset. But then we won the game and he asked me again. Because I was happy, I gave in a little and said: ‘At least leave on the bus and ask your chauffeur to catch up with you 10 minutes from the stadium, then go as you wish.’
“And this guy in the locker-room still wasn’t happy. I went to the press conference and when I arrived at the team bus, parked beside it was a Rolls-Royce with his chauffeur.
“After all, the car was new and His Excellency would like to leave the stadium in his Rolls-Royce.
“Now how do we deal with this? You (tell him) never go in the Rolls? You can go when I’m happy? Or you solve this thing in another way to get me ‘on vacation’.’
