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Pogba being treated like a bouncer by single-minded Mourinho

Signed to be the centrepiece of the new United, the £89m man is nonetheless suffering at the hands of a manager who only sees the things he can't do

Jose Mourinho gave the BT Sport reporter Des Kelly a hug in his Champions League post-match interview on Wednesday. Why? Des asked him about Scott McTominay, who started against Sevilla, rather than Paul Pogba, who didn't. It gave Mourinho the opportunity to wax lyrical about all the things the young midfielder could do while at the same time hinting at the things Pogba could not.

“He did everything well,” the Manchester United manager said of McTominay's display in the last 16 first leg.