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Jose Mourinho believes Paul Pogba winning the World Cup with France in 2018 caused him to lose his way when he returned to Manchester United.
Pogba became the world's most expensive footballer when he re-signed for United in an £89m deal in 2016 in the same summer that Mourinho joined the club.
The pair enjoyed a promising start together, winning the League Cup and Europa League in their first season, but things turned sour between them prior to Mourinho being sacked in December 2018.
Mourinho and Pogba famously clashed in training in the early stages of the 2018-19 season after the former was unhappy that the Frenchman had been posting on Instagram during a United match that he was unavailable for. Reflecting on the breakdown in their relationship, Mourinho claimed Pogba changed following his World Cup triumph.
'The only thing I say is that it happens with almost everybody in some moments of your career: you lose a little bit the sense of who you are and what you have to be,' Mourinho told The Telegraph.
Paul Pogba played a starring role when France won the World Cup in 2018
This came just a year after he won the League Cup and Europa League with Jose Mourinho at Man United
Pogba and Mourinho famously clashed in training shortly before the latter was sacked, and Mourinho believes Pogba lost his way after winning the World Cup
'The season after France won the [2018] World Cup, I think Paul came back different.
'The World Cup brought him into a dimension where football was not the most important thing for him. Sharing the philosophy of everyone; everyone with the same level of responsibilities.'
Pogba did not start any of Mourinho's last three games in charge, with a power struggle developing between the duo that left fans and players divided.
Mourinho hinted that he did not receive the full support of the
