Mourinho praises Paul Pogba after Bournemouth win, talks about United players’ attitude

Jose Mourinho’s opinion of the 25-year-old has veered between superstar and benchwarmer, with it that inconsistency across the board which has sparked talk of a possible switch elsewhere. He knows that the big two – Premier League and Champion League – are the ones that truly matter, but he also knows that you can not be selective when it comes to silverware.

Manchester United are now second in the English Premier league standings as their rivals Manchester City recently won the EPL title.

Marouane Fellaini: “The manager trusted in me today and I think it was a good performance from the team”.

‘The change has to be based on their attitude, their mentality, ‘ said Mourinho of his players.

“Everything was different. Everything was faster, everything was simple, not trying one more touch, one more trick, one more flick. I wish I could let them into the dressing room so the players would know what they are thinking”.

“I would say for example that Matic is looking for Saturday”.

After pipping the Etihad outfit to Alexis Sanchez’s signature through a dawn raid in January, United are again keen to play out a proxy war in the transfer market and enter the race to steal away long-fancied Pep Guardiola target Fred as Mourinho prepares for the post-Pogba era.

Manchester United have set their price for Paul Pogba, with Jose Mourinho becoming increasingly “p***ed off” with the midfielder.

As a result, reports have claimed United’s hierarchy are concerned by this prospect and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has ordered Mourinho and Pogba to patch up their relationship.

Mourinho’s side are 14 points clear of fifth placed Chelsea and will be guaranteed to qualify for the Champions League if the Blues fail to beat Burnley on Thursday.

“We are quite safe now in the top four and we have a big chance to finish second”. He added: “One point is probably enough, maximum two and when we have that we can think third and second”.

Ander Herrera – 7: Played a key role in the opening goal with a precision pass to find Jesse Lingard.

The hosts can count themselves very unlucky not have been awarded a penalty on 56 minutes, when Luke Shaw pulled back Callum Wilson in the box.

And the Belgian delivered with aplomb, latching on to Paul Pogba’s through ball and finishing well past the onrushing Asmir Begovic to give the Red Devils some breathing space with 20 minutes left in the tie.