Eric Bailly has aimed a sly dig at former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho.

The Portuguese endured a tough end to his two-and-a-half-year stint at Old Trafford.

Things have turned around under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, which Bailly puts down to the Norwegian's experience as a player, something Mourinho doesn't have.

Bailly told ESPN: "It's important being able to work with someone who is a former player.

"Someone who understands the players' situations, understands all the things that can happen from time to time.

"Because football is not just played on the pitch, it's also about all the things that go on around the game, the things that people don't see.

"And he is someone that gets that and it helps the team a lot. Besides being a coach, he's just a normal person.

"I would say like an uncle, and having someone like that in the club gives the players more strength

"He's someone that will always talk to you, he always communicates well.

"He gives you so much confidence because as a footballer you go through moments where you feel low and he can read that and when he sees that he immediately comes over to you and talks.

"He offers advice so that you can regain confidence and for me, that's so important because we have a very young team and if we have a coach like that the team will go from strength to strength."