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Jose Mourinho has 'no regrets' over Paul Pogba row

Mourinho has 'no regrets' over Pogba row
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Jose Mourinho puts his falling out with Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba down to his own desire to be "a club man".

Former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has insisted that he "does not regret" his high-profile dispute with midfielder Paul Pogba.

The 56-year-old's final months at Old Trafford were dominated by talk of a big falling out with Pogba, whom he stripped of the vice-captaincy earlier this season.

Mourinho and Pogba also clashed in front of the cameras at United's Carrington training base, with the Portuguese unhappy with the World Cup winner's attitude both on and off the field.

More than two months on from his sacking, Mourinho has revealed that he fell out with Pogba because of his own need to be 'a club man'.

"If you tell me that in the past season that I had some problems... I don't want to speak about [that] for obvious reasons," he told beIN Sports. "I will not deny to you that some factors had an influence in that the last period was not a good one.

"It's impossible to win trophies without a good relationship with players. What you need sometimes is to accelerate some process, what you need to be is to be a club man and sometimes to be a club man you need to forget yourself a little bit. I think I always did it, sometimes for the good of the immediate needs of the club and group.

"I put myself in situations that in the eyes of people from the outside are not the best position, but I don't regret that at all because I always give my all for the club. It's not possible to win trophies without a good relationship with the players.

"In Real Madrid I won trophies, in Chelsea I won trophies, a lot of them, three Premier League trophies, which is a lot in England. In Manchester United I won trophies too, it's not possible to win trophies without good [player] relationships."

Pogba's form has improved considerably since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer replaced Mourinho in December, playing a direct part in 16 goals in 15 matches.

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