Jose Mourinho and Paul Pogba disagree over Manchester United concern

Jose Mourinho and Paul Pogba are not renowned for seeing eye-to-eye and they too seemingly disagree over the main reason Manchester United did not get to see the best of their World Cup winner during his second coming at Old Trafford - at least on a consistent basis.

A decade on from his initial departure, Pogba will leave United when his contract expires this month. Juventus and other potential suitors are forming a queue for his signature.

Pogba spent four years with the Italians either side of his two spells in Manchester and it was Mourinho who spent a jaw-dropping £89million to lure the Frenchman 'home' in 2016. That first season resulted in two trophies - namely the League Cup and Europa League - although Mourinho and the managers who followed him into the Old Trafford dugout could not get a regular tune from Pogba.

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Sharing his verdict on why Pogba often plays better for France, his former United manager, Mourinho, said: "I don't think it's about getting the best out of him, it's about giving the best he has to give and I think the World Cup is the perfect habitat for a player like him to give the best."

Mourinho added: "Why? Because he's closed for a month where he can only think about football, where he's with his team on the training camp, completely isolated from the external world. Where he could focus just on football, where the dimensions of the games can only motivate [players].

"Because during a season you can have a big match, then a small match, then one even smaller, then you can lose your focus, you can lose your concentration, then comes a big match, again. In the World Cup, the direction of the emotion, of