The disagreement between coach Mourinho and Man United's number 6 was one of the reasons why he was fired by the "Red Devils" leadership in December last year.
In September 2018, British media reported that the Portuguese coach had announced that he would never give the captain's armband to Paul Pogba after a 2-0 victory over Burnley. Coach Mourinho was angry at the time because his student wanted to leave Turf Moor on a Roll-Royce with his own driver instead of going with the whole team to Manchester.
According to the Telegraph, in a recent football coaching workshop in Portugal, he alluded to the story related to Pogba, although he did not mention the French midfielder.
Coach Mourinho said: "We have to play away at Manchester 30 km away. A player asked me if he could return to Manchester without joining the team after the match.
I said, If we go to London and you want to stay here, it will be another matter. The distance traveled this time is very close, so this is unreasonable.
He seemed uncomfortable. After the match, that player asked me again. Because I was happy, I replied: "At least take a bus with the team and tell the driver to chase you for 10 minutes after leaving the field. Then, you go as you want.
In the dressing room, this player still did not seem happy. I attended the press conference and when I got on the team bus, I saw a Roll-Royce with his driver by my side.
In the end, that car was really new and that Mr. wanted to leave the field on this Roll-Royce. Now how should we handle this? You say he never drives Rolls-Royces? Can you go when I'm happy? Or you solve this problem in another way to help me come off work early.
In the final stages of coach Mourinho's time leading Man United, Paul Pogba was once said to want to leave Man United to play for Barcelona. However, he has pledged to new head coach Solskjaer to stay at Old Trafford after direct dialogues.
