Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has let rip on what he claims are "lies" about his relationship with Paul Pogba.
Pogba's happiness at Old Trafford has dominated the news agenda this week, with the midfielder reportedly irritated at being asked to play so deep and even said to be regretting his return to Manchester.
Mourinho has also apparently been annoyed by Pogba's inability to function in a two-man midfield, but all that talk has been dismissed out of hand by the United boss.
"I think you are nice with your words because when you say 'a lot of speculation' you should say a lot of lies," the Portuguese said.
"Because I accept, and I can speak on Paul's behalf without any kind of problem, Paul accepts that he has not been playing well in the last few matches. But that's all.
"And if you want to speak about it, then that's one thing and then your word speculation maybe makes a little bit of sense, but the majority of things you can read and listen, don't be nice, be objective and say lies."
