Real Sociedad winger Adnan Januzaj admits he remains in contact with former Manchester United teammate Paul Pogba.

Januzaj faces his old club in the Europa League on Thursday night.

Januzaj and Pogba were academy teammates for a little over a year at United but remain close and exchanged WhatsApp messages after the Europa League draw in December.

"When I speak with Paul we don't speak about football because of the relationship we have," Januzaj told the Manchester Evening News. "We don't even get into 'what are you going to do [about the future]? What am I going to do?' At the end of the day, that's his decision, that's my decision from a football point of view, no?

"In terms of lifestyle, yeah, we tell each other things, we lived together nearly. About football, I never talk to him about what he should do, what he should not do, we decide. It's our career."