PAUL POGBA has been BANNED from speaking out about the ongoing crisis at Manchester United.
The France midfielder, 25, was told not to talk publicly after the club’s run without a victory went to four games following the stalemate against Valencia.
Paul Pogba has been stripped of the vice captaincy at Manchester United and told he is NOT allowed to talk about the club’s situationReuters
Pog hit out at Jose Mourinho’s tactics after failing to beat Wolves last month and was then stripped of the vice-captaincy.
United have also lost to Derby in the EFL Cup and West Ham in the Premier League since.
Pogba, when asked to talk about the latest match without a win, said: “I’m not allowed to.”
Before the match, Mourinho took aim at Paul Pogba for caring about the name on his shirt more than his team — and told players not to lose “dignity”.
Pogba had a mixed bag of an evening as Manchester United were held to a stalemate by ValenciaPA:Press Association
Paul Pogba takes a drink during Manchester United’s Champions League clash with ValenciaNews Group Newspapers Ltd
Pogba showed some nice tricks and skills in midfield, but they often led to nothingReuters
The Manchester United boss, writing in his programme notes, launched a thinly veiled attack on Pogba after his vice-captain dismissal.
And the under-fire Portuguese coach underlined claims “some care more than others” at the club by saying his team must do the basics of fighting on the pitch.
He wrote: “All of my life, I have followed certain golden rules. One of them is that a team can lose matches — that is just part of football — but the team must never, ever lose its dignity.
“The team must fight, work, compete, win duels, be humble, and then at the end of the game every player must be exhausted because of the hard work they have given for the club, for the fans and for each other.
“That leads to another pair of golden rules which must be followed: the team is always more important than the individual, and the crest on the chest is more important than the name on the back of the shirt.
“This is me. This is how I work. This is what I ask of my team, my group, my club.”
Mourinho’s comments on the team being more important than the individual appear to be a dig at social-media star Pogba.
After returning from Russia as a World Cup-winner, Pogba has criticised Mourinho for not attacking more.
The 25-year-old has been unsettled since last season when he was dropped for the Champions League clash against Sevilla, which was United’s biggest game of the season at the time.
He is prepared to leave Old Trafford for a second time if Jose doesn’t go first, with PSG ready to take him back to France.
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