JAY BOTHROYD SPEAKS OUT ON JOSE MOUTINHO AND PAUL POGBA

BAD BOSS ‘Paul Pogba is not the problem at Manchester United – Jose Mourinho is’, talkSPORT told
By Joe Moore

'The Special One' will get himself SACKED if he upsets any more players at Old Trafford, believes former England striker Jay Bothroyd


Jay Bothroyd has defended Paul Pogba amid the ongoing speculation surrounding his Manchester United future – saying the Frenchman is NOT the problem, Jose Mourinho IS.

Reports claim Pogba is keen to leave Old Trafford this summer to join Barcelona, as he no longer wants to play under Red Devils manager Mourinho.

The World Cup winner has faced heavy criticism for his attitude, but Bothroyd insists fans and pundits are turning on the wrong person.

The former England and Cardiff City striker called into talkSPORT on Friday to stand up for Pogba and point the finger in the other direction.

And he said the situation screams of Mourinho’s bad attitude, rather than the other way around, pointing out that this has happened before with plenty of top players under the Portuguese boss.

Paul Pogba is not happy under Mourinho and wants to leave Man United, reports have claimed
Speaking on Friday’s Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, Bothroyd said: “You can blame Paul Pogba, but at the end of the day he’s still a young player.

“You see a manager like Pep Guardiola, he manages his players on the field and off the field, he puts his arm around them and speaks to them on a level with them.

“But for me, Mourinho just goes into the paper and speaks to the media about players.

“Mourinho fell out with De Bruyne, he fell out with Salah, he fell out with Lukaku, he fell out with Sergio Ramos, he fell out with Luke Shaw – have all these players got a bad attitude?

“I think there’s a common denominator in this whole situation and, for me, it’s Mourinho.


“All these top players – De Bruyne, Salah, Lukaku – is it a coincidence that Mourinho sells them and one or two years later they are some of the best players in the world?

“The reason why all the players like and want to play for managers like Guardiola and Klopp is because they put their arm around them, they manage them, they don’t chastise them as soon as something goes wrong.

“Mourinho is the best manager in the world when he’s winning, but as soon as he’s losing he points the finger at his players all the time.

“The players are more valuable than he is and if he upsets too many players at Manchester United, he’s going to get the sack.”

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