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‘One of them is a liar’: Jose Mourinho speaks out about Paul Pogba after Pep Guardiola’s claim he was offered £89m man by agent Mino Raiola

Jose Mourinho has spoken out about the claims that Paul Pogba was offered to Manchester City by agent Mino Raiola in January.

The revelations came to light on Friday when Pep Guardiola told reporters ahead of the Manchester derby that Raiola had offered him Henrik Mkhitaryan as well as Paul Pogba.

Mourinho refuted those claims prior to Saturday's match when he told Sky Sports that 'one of them is a liar'.

Jose Mourinho claims one of Raiola or Guardiola is lying about Pogba before Manchester derby
Jose Mourinho claims one of Raiola or Guardiola is lying about Pogba before Manchester derby

He said: ‘Guardiola says that (about being offered Pogba), the agent denies, so one of them is saying the truth and one of them is not telling the truth.