Paul Pogba has criticized Jose Mourinho's man-management style, accusing him of "going against stars" and making them feel as if "they don't matter any longer."
Following his appointment as Manchester United boss in 2016, Mourinho made Pogba the world's most expensive player.
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Pogba helped United win the League Cup and Europa League double in 2017, but the two had a strained relationship until Mourinho was fired in December 2018 and replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Following the first season, Mourinho's relationship with some of his players worsened, and there were rumors of a training ground spat with Pogba after the France midfielder was stripped of the United vice-captaincy in September 2018.
"What I have now with Ole is different because he will not go after the players," Pogba said in an interview with Sky Sports.
"It's not like you toss them to the left and they vanish.
That, I believe, is the distinction between Mourinho and Ole.
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"I used to have a good friendship with Mourinho.
Someone sees it, and the next day you have no idea what happened.
"It was the weird encounter I had with Mourinho.
And I can't justify that to you because I don't know."
Pogba's remarks come after United piled pressure on Mourinho with a 3-1 victory over Tottenham last Sunday.
Mourinho and Solskjaer had a fiery exchange of words after the United manager was upset when Son Heung-min went down in the build-up to Edinson Cavani's controversially disallowed opener.
Mourinho was "very saddened" by Solskjaer's comments that he would not feed his son if he acted like Son, but Pogba accused Mourinho of using deflection techniques to divert attention away from Tottenham's results.
Pogba stated: "I'm sure Mourinho said something that prompted people to speak up.
That is just what he does.
"We got the desired outcome.
Ole is aware of it, and we relished the moment.
"We know what Mourinho enjoys.
We don't need this.
"We all concentrate on ourselves; we won the game, he lost the game, and he refuses to talk about it.
"That's what he does when he wants to talk about someone's father.
All is aware of it.
It has a very Mourinho feel to it."
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