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Ex-Chelsea midfielder Sidwell: Can Pogba handle Mourinho's personality?

Former Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell has offered his opinion on why Paul Pogba isn't getting along with Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho.

Sidwell says the Special One likes to have a close relationship with his players and to have a mutual trust.

He told Sky Sports: “Just an insight when I was at Chelsea with Jose and working with him and seeing how he was with players then, he wanted that bond.

“He wanted that trust first and foremost from the players and he wanted to have that bond.

“He wanted to know how their private lives were going, how their kids were, wanted to have his arm round them at times of need.

“It just seems that has completely gone from him and Pogba. It doesn't seem that it's going to get to the level that he had with other players.

“Look at the likes of him and [Marco] Materazzi at Inter Milan when he was crying after the game.

“But then again I remember Jose sort of challenging players in the dressing room, challenging [Didier] Drogba and JT (Terry) and see how they react.

“So has he done that with Pogba and it's backfired a little bit and it's not going the way he wants again?"

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