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Hvis Pogba ikke gider spille for Mou, så spil for trøjen. Han skulle jo efter sigende være glad for at være i klubben og ikke ønsker at skifte.

det der med at være "glad for at være i klubben"... er det ikke ved at være en komplet skrøne i moderne fodbold.

de tider hvor "class of 92" (med klub-loyalitet og stærke tilhørsforhold) gjorde sig gældende, tror jeg desværre tilhører en svunden tid nu.

det der med at være "glad for at være i klubben"... er det ikke ved at være en komplet skrøne i moderne fodbold.

Ikke i følge Pogba.

pogba hører ikke til et regnfuldt sted i nordengland. han skal spille for en storklub i spanien eller italien. et sted hvor solen altid skinner, og hvor natklubber hjælper deres vip-gæster med snitter og tøser.

Indeed

Rapport fra The Times:

Paul Pogba complained to José Mourinho that his tactics restrict the movement of the side during an exchange with the Manchester United manager after their 2-2 draw with Southampton on Saturday.

Mourinho claimed in an interview with RedeTV, the Brazilian broadcaster, that it would be "almost a miracle" if United finished in the top four this season thanks to their woeful start. They are eight points adrift of the Champions League places after the draw on the south coast.

More details have emerged of what happened in the away dressing room on Saturday night. It is understood that Mourinho criticised Pogba, the France midfielder, in front of his team-mates, telling the £89 million signing that he was disrespecting the United shirt by playing so poorly and giving the ball away so often.

Pogba is thought to have responded to Mourinho by complaining that he had no one to pass to because his manager´s tactics do not allow players to move around freely in front of him. The midfielder´s riposte is said to have been delivered in a calm manner and the exchange did not get heated, according to sources.

The 25-year-old was not the only one to receive a dressing-down after the draw, which leaves United in seventh place, 16 points shy of Manchester City, the league leaders. Mourinho is also understood to have castigated other players in the dressing room.

After the game at St Mary´s, Mourinho opened up about the frustration he feels at his team being so far off the pace. When asked what his aspirations were for the season, he said: "Try to win as many points as possible and try what would be almost a miracle to finish fourth."

To emphasise his point, he claimed that finishing runners-up to City last season, even with a 19-point deficit, should be regarded as a success because his squad lack the quality of their rivals.

"Finishing second was a fantastic thing because of the qualities we had in comparison to the quality of the other teams that are fighting for the top four," he said. "And this year with more problems that we have had, it proves what I said at the beginning of the season, that it would be a very difficult season."

It is believed that the atmosphere within the United dressing room has soured over the past couple of weeks. Mourinho´s claim, in an interview with Hristo Stoichkov, that Luke Shaw, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial lack "character" and "personality" went down badly with the squad, mainly because the four players that the Portuguese called out have played well this season.

Some United players are bemused by Mourinho´s treatment of Fred. United paid £52 million to sign the Brazil midfielder from Shakhtar Donetsk last summer, but he has started only six of the 14 league matches United have played this season. It puzzles some players that the fourth-most expensive signing in the club´s history has spent most of his time on the bench.

Mourinho wanted to sign a centre back in the summer but Ed Woodward, the club´s executive vice-chairman, vetoed the idea.

Mourinho complained during his interview with RedeTV that he was forced to play Nemanja Matic and Scott McTominay, two midfielders, at centre back because of injuries to Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof, who is undergoing the first stage of his rehabilitation for a thigh injury with a United physio in Dubai.

Mourinho claimed that even though McTominay and Matic did not know how to operate in defence, he had no option but to play them out of position. His argument was undermined, however, by him naming Marcos Rojo, the Argentina centre back, on the bench.

"In the absence of more central defenders to play, we had to occupy that area with players who are midfielders, who do not know how to play in defence, but who occupied that area in a zonal way, tried to hide the weaknesses that everyone knew we had," Mourinho said.

If United lose at home to Arsenal tomorrow and other results go against them, they could drop as low as tenth.

Mourinho will be without Ashley Young, the full back, for the Arsenal game owing to suspension. Shaw, the United left back, may miss out because of an injury he suffered in the second half of Saturday´s draw against his former club.

Så kan det godt være Pogba ikke er en british lad, men han fortæller jo (igen) Mourinho, hvad vi alle beklager os over. Bevægelsen for boldholderen er ofte intet-eksisterende. Og denne gang er det ikke i pressen, hvad der naturligvis var mindre heldigt sidst.

LaPioche

Hvis den historie holder vand, så vil jeg lette på hatten for Pogba
At fortælle Mourinho foran alle, at managerens taktik ikke dur er ganske modigt.

Den holdning må være udbredt i truppen og "de sidste par uger", som det nævnes blot er toppen af isbjerget.
Selvfølgelig er det sådan. Fodboldspillere vil spille fodbold og jo bedre de er, des mere vil de netop det.

Giver situationen Uniteds ledelse noget valg?
Jeg mener nej og der er lagt op til snarligt ekstraordinært bestyrelsesmøde
Formentlig i morgen.
Jeg vil vove pelsen og sige at vi får en tidlig julegave. United vil foretage de seneste års bedste investering. Et gyldent håndtryk til en falleret charlatan.
Og Mourinho? Det er svært at forestille sig nogen klub på bare rimeligt niveau, herefter vil hyre ham.
Og tak for det!

Jeg tror faktisk ikke Mourinho vil få svært ved at finde et andet job. Lige pt. kan jeg ikke se hvor, men mon ikke en af de større klubber i Europa står uden træner inden sæsonens udgang, og har brug for en ny træner.
Alternativt ved en af topklubberne i Portugal.

For os selv - jeg kunne godt tænke mig at høre nogle flere rygter omkring den sportsdirektør position. Jeg ved ikke om det bare er mindre spændende for pressen, at skrive om den, end potentielle nye spillere, der alligevel ikke bliver hentet ind (medmindre Woodward har tænkt sig at gå af med endnu flere penge efter spillere der måske, måske ikke passer ind i en ny strategi, der skal definere klubben fremover).

Alt kommer til at stå og falde med en ny sportsdirektør, medmindre man klarer sig med Carrick og Mckenna som interrim trænere indtil sommer, hvor en ny sportslig ansvarlig forhåbentlig har indfundet sig, og gjort status.

Det kan næsten kun ende med at Pogba bliver bænket mod Arsenal så det bliver da en spændende opstilling. Et forsvar uden forsvarsspillere og en midtbane hvor Fellaini og Matic skal sætte vores spil.

Det kan ikke resultere i andet end et nederlag mod et flyvende Gunners mandskab.