Man Utd legend Wayne Rooney has already agreed with Paul Pogba about Jose Mourinho

  Manchester United star Paul Pogba recently took aim at Jose Mourinho. Manchester United  star  Paul Pogba  recently sparked a huge reactio...

 

Manchester United star Paul Pogba recently took aim at Jose Mourinho.

Manchester United star Paul Pogba recently sparked a huge reaction by criticising Jose Mourinho. And comments made by Wayne Rooney three years ago suggest the current Derby boss is in agreement. The Tottenham boss spent two-and-a-half years at Old Trafford before being sacked and replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Speaking on Friday, Pogba told Sky Sports that Mourinho would isolate players.

"What I have now with Ole is different, he wouldn't go against the players,” he said. "He wouldn't go against the players.

"Maybe Ole wouldn't pick them, but it's not like he puts them on the side like they don't exist anymore. That's the difference between Mourinho and Ole.

"Once I had a great relationship with Mourinho, everybody saw that, and the next day you don't know what happened.

“That's the strange thing I had with Mourinho and I cannot explain to you because even I don't know. So, yeah."

He then added: "Maybe [Solskjaer's methods work] because he is a bit closer to the people.

Man Utd hero Wayne Rooney thinks Jose Mourinho distanced players (Image: GETTY)

"Every coach has their own way to coach and deal with players, and as a player you have to adapt. Sometimes it doesn't suit you and sometimes it does.

"Ole has helped Luke a lot, it was a difficult season with Luke and Mourinho, and he has proved he has the quality he always had and the trust of the manager."

Pogba also accused Mourinho of using distraction tactics after United beat Tottenham 3-1 on Sunday.

"I don't know what happened, I'm sure Mourinho said something that would make people speak, that's what he does,” said the 27-year-old.

"We got the result we wanted, Ole knows it and we enjoyed that moment because we know Mourinho and we know what he likes. We don't need this [war of words], we just focus on us.

"We won the game, he lost the game and he doesn't want to speak about the game, he wants to speak about the dad of someone, that's what he does. Everybody knows him, it's very Mourinho."