JOSE MOURINHO was strong-armed into signing Paul Pogba by Old Trafford chiefs.
Manchester United bought the French midfield superstar because of his commercial value — and clawed back the £89million fee in just SIX months.
Those stunning revelations come from Mourinho’s adviser, Eladio Parames.
Parames, 69, has known Old Trafford chief Mourinho since he was a child and was the Special One’s press officer when he was at Benfica.
He also discloses how United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward snubbed Mourinho’s plea to sign a ‘terrier’ midfielder in the mould of Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante or Blaise Matuidi of Juventus.
In his weekly column for Portuguese paper ‘Record’, Parames — who describes himself as “the former spokesman for the best coach in the world but never his former friend” — lifts the lid on the Pogba controversy at United.
The France World Cup winner has featured for just 15 minutes in the club’s last two matches, following his dismal display in the 2-2 draw at Southampton.
SunSport revealed how Mourinho branded Pogba “a virus that is infecting the whole team” after the Saints draw 11 days ago.
And Parames hinted Mourinho is playing the 25-year-old on Wednesday in the ‘dead rubber’ Champions League clash at Valencia in the hope of working up some interest from a club to buy him.
Parames says Mourinho was not behind the signing of Pogba from Juventus, who he brackets with Mario Balotelli, the often wild and hot-headed Italy striker the United boss had to handle at Inter Milan.
Parames wrote: “It’s no coincidence that both have already been severely criticised by several coaches.
“Of course some will ask whether the person who hired them did not know what their personalities were like.
“Yes is the answer, but sometimes there are reasons beyond sports that lead the clubs, and not always the coaches, to gamble on hiring them.
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“Pogba, for example, is worth a lot in the advertising market, so much so that in just six months Manchester United had already recovered what they had invested in him.
“However, without ‘terriers’ like Matuidi and Kante at his side, he is worth virtually nothing on the field.
“Man United did not give Mourinho ‘terriers’ despite advice given to Woodward last summer.
“And as a result, we had to see Nemanja Matic and Scott McTominay acting as central defenders against Southampton.
“And Mourinho had to watch as Pogba became the player who most often lost the ball and was dispossessed, in a single game, in all Premier League matches this season. A great record!”
Pogba got just 15 minutes as a sub in Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal and did not even make it on to the pitch during Saturday’s 4-1 canter against Fulham.
Parames added: “For the Fulham game on Saturday Mourinho finally showed that he was fed up and left Pogba on the bench. Is there another coach capable of doing this to a world champion? I do not believe so, but the truth is that the team, without the ‘virus’, was much better, won and even played reasonably well.
“The Valencia game, while strictly deciding nothing, can decide the future of the Frenchman in the team.
“And if there’s a truckload of pounds out there… ”
Comparing Pogba to ex-Manchester City player Balotelli, who is now plying his trade at Nice, Parames added: “They share things in common. One of these is that the same agent, Mino Raiola, represents them both.
“Another is that the enormous talent they both have for playing football is inversely proportional to the demands of a professional footballer.
“The latest events relating to the Frenchman reminded me of a famous scene played out by Balotelli when Mourinho was at Inter Milan, which demonstrates the professional irresponsibility of the Italian.
“The day before the game, the coach wanted to talk to the player before the list of players was put up in the dressing room.
“But Mario was no longer at the club. He had been invited to be a test driver for a well-known brand of cars and left. He didn’t even want to know whether or not he had been called up.
“Pogba hasn’t reached this extreme yet, but having his hairdresser report to the hotel where he was training for a ‘racing special’ hairstyle says a lot about the player’s concentration before a match.
“And Raiola attaches little importance to the sporting behaviour of the players — if he’s not doing well, he changes. And he pockets the fee.”
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