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Man Utd hero Neville in stunning fresh rant at Pogba for ‘dancing on Mourinho’s grave’
PAUL POGBA was gloating and “dancing on Jose Mourinho’s grave” with his social media post on Tuesday morning, claims Manchester United legend Gary Neville.
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Mourinho was sacked by Manchester United after two-and-a-half years at Old Trafford.
The Portuguese had clearly fallen out with midfielder Pogba and Pogba posted a cryptic picture shortly after the announcement of his sacking.
The post, which has since been deleted, was a picture of Pogba smirking while looking at the camera with the words “Caption this!”.
Neville clearly thought it was about the news of Mourinho’s departure, tweeting himself: “Caption this. You do one as well!”
I do believe that this morning to dance on the grave of a manager who has just been sacked is out of order
And on Tuesday evening the pundit sat down with Sky Sports reporter Geoff Shreeves to discuss the matter further.
Neville says he is a fan of Pogba’s character and United are a better team with him.
But he has condemned his social media post.
“I actually liked him when he was at the club as a player, as a kid - it’s not a personal thing,” Neville said of Pogba.
“Paul Pogba, there is no doubt, has fallen out with the manager, he doesn’t believe in him, doesn’t like him, doesn’t think he’s a good coach probably and vice versa, Jose Mourinho doesn’t think Paul Pogba is as talented a player as he thinks he is.
“So there has been a complete breakdown in the last six months between the pair, probably 12 months. And there is no doubt there is a high level of dislike there.
“However, Jose Mourinho lost his job this morning and Paul Pogba and his people put that Instagram post out.
“Don’t fall for this 'coincidence, scheduled tweet' nonsense. It’s garbage, absolute garbage.
“Yeah [Pogba was trying to gloat]. I think to be fair Paul Pogba’s got a big personality, I do believe he’s a character and a leader.
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“I do think he’s got great qualities in that sense, I don’t think he backs away from a fight.
“I think he would have probably liked to have gone public earlier on Jose Mourinho, I think he would have liked to have gone public a lot earlier on how the club is at this moment in time.
“But on Jose Mourinho’s side, I bet he thought when Paul Pogba had won the World Cup in the summer he was coming back to an impossible situation where basically he thought ‘this player’s is going to be out of control now’.
“And I can see both sides of the story. I do think Manchester United are a better team with Paul Pogba in it.
“But I do believe that this morning to dance on the grave of a manager who has just been sacked is out of order.”
Former United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is expected to replace Mourinho on a caretaker basis until the end of the season.