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Paul Pogba: Jose Mourinho sent this strong message to Man Utd star - pundit
MANCHESTER UNITED star Paul Pogba has not been playing for the team and Jose Mourinho has made him aware of that in recent weeks, claims Sky Sports pundit Tony Gale.
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Pogba has hit the headlines in recent weeks with the way he has been treated by Manchester United boss Mourinho.
The French midfielder has been substituted after an hour in two of his last three Premier League appearances and started the other game on the bench.
Mourinho insists his relationship with Paul Pogba is fine, despite reports claiming Pogba is not happy with the position he is playing on the pitch.
Gale says Pogba must learn to play anywhere Mourinho wants him to and benefit the entire team in the process.
Jose Mourinho insists his relationship with Paul Pogba is fine
He hasn’t been playing for the team and I think that’s what Jose Mourinho’s trying to tell him
“He’s such a good player, he should be able to play in a deep-lying role, as an eight, on the right, or whatever, or he should be able to play in front of the two,” the former West Ham and Fulham defender said.
“So wherever he wants to play him, he should be able to say ‘yeah, I can play there’.
“But you have to get this sorted out in your mind, you have to be disciplined and you’re playing for the team.
“I think that’s his problem, that he hasn’t been playing for the team and I think that’s what Jose Mourinho’s trying to tell him.
Tony Gale says Jose Mourinho has made Paul Pogba aware he has not been playing for the team
“I think there will only be one winner, it will be Mourinho.
"I think Pogba will take stead of it and he will come back and he will be okay.
“But he needs a lesson at the moment, a lesson in how to play for Manchester United.”
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