Paul Pogba, a French football player, has clarified his explosive feud with Jose Mourinho, which ruined his career at Manchester United.

Pogba and Mourinho joined United in 2016, and the midfield player returned four years later after leaving for Juventus in a then-world record £89 million transfer.

Speaking on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, Pogba—who is currently at Monaco after resuming football after an 18-month doping ban—claims that his injury problems were the root of their problems.

‘You don’t want to be mean, I don’t have any problem with any coaches,’ Pogba said.

‘I always respect, always respect. They tell me what to do. They are the boss. That’s the truth. They are the boss. They decide if you play or not.

‘We were very cool at the start, sending messages and stuff like that. He’s a really funny man. He’s a funny guy. He’s really special, to be honest. And after a time, I think the injuries created that [a breakdown in relations].

‘When always the media ask him questions about me, maybe makes him a bit like, “OK is he done?” And this is the problem also with me, like a lot of people they love to ask about me. Always Paul, Paul, Paul, and that probably p****d him off.’

Pogba previously claimed relations with Mourinho started to deteriorate when the then United boss sent a picture of him to his agent Mino Raiola while he was recovering from injury, leaving the player furious.

He claims Mourinho questioned his decision to take a rehab break in the United States and forwarded to Raiola a picture of him and his wife, Zulay in Miami.

Mourinho also stripped Pogba of the vice-captaincy  before a dramatic training-ground spat was spotted by television cameras.

The Portuguese allegedly referred to Pogba as a ‘virus’, comments which did not go down well in the midfielder’s camp.

Pogba also opened up on the differences at United from his first spell as a promising youngster to his second stint at the club, and revealed he told compatriot and friend Patrice Evra not long after his return that he wasn’t sure he would see out his contract.