Thank You Jose Mourinho!! Paul Pogba Praises Ex-Manchester United Boss

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has thanked former boss Jose Mourinho for helping him “improve as a person”.

Mourinho signed Pogba for a then-world record fee of £89m in August 2016, but the pair had a fractious relationship at Old Trafford before the Portuguese’s dismissal on Tuesday.

After United thumped Cardiff City 5-1 in their first game under caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Saturday, Pogba conceded not all had been well under Mourinho, but nevertheless thanked him for his work.

“I know you’re waiting for something about Jose, about the result today,” Pogba told reporters in the mixed zone after the victory.

“Obviously, we are very happy with the result. We played well, the performance of the team was great and I know you want to ask me; ‘But oh yeah, with Jose…’

“With Jose, we won trophies and I want to thank him for that. Not everything worked well, but [some] things went well, we won trophies.

“Winning trophies makes you improve as a person as well and that’s it. That’s the past. I want to thank him for that.

“I’m sure all the players are now looking to the next game, the points, … and we want to go back to the top of the league. That’s all I want to say.

“The performance of the team was great. We are happy the first game with the manager starts like this and the important thing now is to carry on like that.

“We cannot play like this and score five goals and then lose [the next match]. That’s it.”