Manchester United legend Bryan Robson believes Paul Pogba will thrive without Jose Mourinho's "tough love."

The Frenchman has looked a new player under caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

And Robson says Pogba did not respond well to Mourinho's authoritarian style.

He told the Daily Mail: "Paul Pogba's resurgence shows that he always needed an arm around him.

"Conflict is never a good backdrop at any football club and it certainly wasn't working for Paul under Jose Mourinho. Indeed, conflict wasn't working for any of the players at Manchester United.

"Paul had a large slice of it, but he wasn't alone in taking the brunt and it was inevitable that the managerial change was made.

"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knew Paul from working as United's reserve-team coach years ago and quickly identified that, for all the front and bravado, if you like, Paul needed an arm around him and reassurance that he was still valued.

"As a result, Paul is looking like the world-class player we thought we'd signed from Juventus, and Manchester United are a better team."