Pogba ignores Mourinho, only shakes hands with assistant coaches
The Man Utd midfielder once again showed signs of discord with his coach when he appeared at Carrington training ground yesterday, October 1.
Paul Pogba ran onto the pitch as the team was preparing. Seeing Jose Mourinho, the French midfielder showed no emotion and walked over to shake hands with the other members of the coaching staff.
After returning, he seemed to deliberately avoid Mourinho. The Portuguese coach also ignored the French midfielder.
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The training session then went smoothly. The Man Utd players seemed to have put the defeat to West Ham behind them, and were happily training. Mourinho himself was often smiling.
Man Utd are preparing for the match against Valencia in the second round of the Champions League group stage. This is a pivotal match because if they win, the "Red Devils" will have all six points after two matches and move one step closer to the round of 16.
The rift between Pogba and Mourinho has been simmering since last season. Recently, after Pogba publicly called for the team to change their playing style, Mourinho was very angry. He decided to remove Pogba from the vice-captaincy and not let his students participate in the third round match of the English League Cup. The day after the match, the two had another argument on the training ground.
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In the 1-3 defeat to West Ham in the Premier League last weekend, Pogba played poorly and was substituted midway through the second half. The two players did not look at each other when shaking hands on the touchline.After the match, when asked by reporters to answer questions, Pogba refused with the answer: "Do you want me to die?"
According to famous player Rio Ferdinand, the situation at Man Utd is like an internal war. Some other legends also expressed pessimism and predicted that coach Mourinho will have to leave.
