Former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has hit out at both Jose Mourinho and Paul Pogba and told them to settle their differences behind closed doors.
The pairs relationship has deteriorated even further this season, with Pogba told he would never captain the side again after publically criticising the sides failure to attack at home.
Footage from training on Wednesday then appeared to show the two falling out in a very frosty exchange, and Berbatov believes they need to repair their relationship for the good of the club.
If you are a captain or vice-captain, youre more often than not speaking on behalf of the players, and there is nothing wrong with giving the manager your thoughts, wrote Berbatov in his Betfair column.
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But this shouldnt be done in the media – it helps nobody for these arguments to be played out in public. Apart from the media themselves of course!
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In modern football, players are very powerful, they are the stars of the show. Its normal for them to have opinions, but they need to be backed up.
Im really surprised it has got to this stage. This sort of thing really needs to be kept in-house. Youre all grown-ups, figure it out in the dressing room.
For Mourinho to have gone as far as removing the vice captaincy, Pogba must have provoked him – whether it was the comments after the Wolves game or something else. But these arguments affect everybody else and start having an impact on the pitch.
As someone who wants Manchester United to do well, Im fed up of waking up and seeing these headlines. Football should be about what happens on the pitch, not who has the biggest dick. Its a stupid situation.
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Former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has hit out at both Jose Mourinho and Paul Pogba and told them to settle their differences behind closed doors.
The pairs relationship has deteriorated even further this season, with Pogba told he would never captain the side again after publically criticising the sides failure to attack at home.
Footage from training on Wednesday then appeared to show the two falling out in a very frosty exchange, and Berbatov believes they need to repair their relationship for the good of the club.
If you are a captain or vice-captain, youre more often than not speaking on behalf of the players, and there is nothing wrong with giving the manager your thoughts, wrote Berbatov in his Betfair column.
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But this shouldnt be done in the media – it helps nobody for these arguments to be played out in public. Apart from the media themselves of course!
More: Football
In modern football, players are very powerful, they are the stars of the show. Its normal for them to have opinions, but they need to be backed up.
Im really surprised it has got to this stage. This sort of thing really needs to be kept in-house. Youre all grown-ups, figure it out in the dressing room.
For Mourinho to have gone as far as removing the vice captaincy, Pogba must have provoked him – whether it was the comments after the Wolves game or something else. But these arguments affect everybody else and start having an impact on the pitch.
As someone who wants Manchester United to do well, Im fed up of waking up and seeing these headlines. Football should be about what happens on the pitch, not who has the biggest dick. Its a stupid situation.
More: Manchester United FC
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