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Jose: Pogba has to forget price
- Updated: September 16, 2016
Jose Mourinho has urged Paul Pogba to ignore his world-record price tag and show Manchester United his true quality.
United paid £89m to bring back the French midfielder, who left old Trafford four years earlier for Juventus in search of first-team football, with a further £4.25m due if certain targets are met.
After back-to-back defeats to Manchester City and Feyenoord, the 23-year-old has been criticised, but the United boss has every confidence Pogba will bounce back.
“The world record player is always a question that will be open until somebody breaks the record,” Mourinho said.
“I think there are clubs that paid 20, 30, 40 (million pounds), which is a bigger deal than what Man United paid for Paul because you make a relation between what you pay and the club revenue.
“You realise that other clubs paying 20, 30, 40 is a much bigger thing than what Man United did, and I just want Paul to forget that and to play his football.
“Euro final, no pre-season, holidays, …
