In an explosive interview shared on Friday, Pogba discussed working under Mourinho and how the Portuguese boss measures up compared to current Man Utd manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
“What I have now with Ole is different, he wouldn’t go against the players,” Pogba told Sky Sports.
“[Solskjaer] wouldn’t go against the players. Maybe Ole wouldn’t pick them, but it’s not like he puts them on the side like they don’t exist anymore. That’s the difference between Mourinho and Ole.”
The comments reignited a feud stemming from the frosty final months of Mourinho’s tenure at Old Trafford, when he fell out with Pogba and stripped him of the vice-captaincy.
After Mourinho departed, Pogba was widely seen as rejoicing at the decision.
But speaking after Tottenham’s 2-2 draw with Everton on Friday night, the Spurs boss refused to be baited into responded to Pogba’s putdown.
“I couldn’t care less with what he says, not interested at all,” replied Mourinho curtly when asked about the comments, before walking off.
Pogba rejoined United from Juventus in a then-world record deal in 2016, with Mourinho having been named manager three months previously. Their relationship got off to a good start when they helped the club to a cup double in 2017, claiming the League Cup and Europa League titles.
Mourinho then guided United to a second-place Premier League finish in 2018 before things unraveled spectacularly during the first months of his third campaign at the helm.
Tensions with players – including the big-name Pogba – were held up as a factor in the increasing mood of doom engulfing the club.