"Oh! It was hard to convince him," Mourinho told Goal. "I had many [conversations] on the phone, lots of SMS.
"I think he was getting one in the morning from the manager from another big club and one in the afternoon from myself.
“I had to try hard to convince him to choose us instead of the other one."
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Jose Mourinho says it was difficult to convince Paul Pogba to join Manchester United
United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hit back at the Pobga's critics following his anonymous performance in the 2-1 derby loss to Manchester City.
The 34-year-old is confident that Pogba will make his doubters eat their words.
"All the jealous people who talk about him will swallow all of the words they have said about him," Ibrahimovic said. "He will only improve and will get everyone behind him."
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