Paul Ince launches savage attack on Paul Pogba after Jose Mourinho row

Pogba is at loggerheads with United boss Jose Mourinho and the public spat is threatening to ruin the team's season.

The warring pair have fallen out on a regular basis ever since Pogba returned to United from Juventus in an £89m deal in 2016.

The situation came to a head this week, with Pogba slagging off Mourinho's tactics before finding himself stripped of the vice captain's role and lambasted in training in full view of his team-mates and the TV cameras.

Ince insists this scenario would have never been allowed to happen under former boss Sir Alex Ferguson.

The former Man United star has accused Pogba of thinking he's bigger than the club, thinks Mourinho is too soft to handle the problem and has urged executive vice chairman Ed Woodward to sell the World Cup winner in the next transfer window.

Ince said: "The latest episode between Jose Mourinho and Paul Pogba, where they were caugh rowing on the cameras at training, shows a complete lack of professionalism from both of them.
"The whole thing between those two is just ludicrous now. If anybody had any doubts before about how those two feel about each other – it's been proven for everyone to see. They very clearly don't get on.

"Not every player is going to like their manager all the time. It's not about the dislike for each other, it's about the fact you're playing for a team and you should want to put that aside and win games.

"I said weeks ago that someone needed to put this situation to bed. No one is bigger than Manchester United, yet somehow Pogba thinks he is.
"There's been an issue between them for a long time, and it's been allowed to spiral out of control and get into the mess it's in now.

"There's absolutely no chance this would have happened under Ferguson. He'd have had the situation dealt with weeks, even months ago. There's no way that Manchester United can compete with Liverpool or Manchester City, or even win trophies, when they've got situations like this happening in the club.
"I can tell you what Fergie would've done, too. There'd have been a complete ban on Pogba speaking to all media. Because it's obvious that he's been feeding off the attention he's been getting and that's made it even worse.

"Pogba is letting his personal vendetta with Mourinho take over his game."

Ince has urged Woodward to be strong and sell Pogba before the damage gets catastrophic.
He added: "If this was happening under Sir Alex, he'd have said one thing: 'He's going. Get rid of him now.'

"Because there's no chance he’d allow his team to become a joke because of Paul Pogba's behaviour. 

"I think his fate is completely sealed and he'll be gone in January. There's talk of Mourinho going before him, but I'd be disgraced if Ed Woodward allowed that to happen.

"If you do that, you’re essentially allowing a player to become bigger than the manager and the rest of his team. It's time for Woodward to step up and back Jose.

"If he tells him that he's upsetting the dressing room and still not playing at the level he should be, then he needs to back the manager and let him go. Pogba has caused far more trouble than he has good since returning to Manchester United."