POG'S FAREWELL MESSAGE Pogba shouted ‘he f***ed with the wrong baller’ when Mourinho was sacked by Man Utd

Manchester United star warred with Jose Mourinho and celebrated at Carrington in astonishing scenes after axing

Posted Thursday, December 20, 2018 by Thesun.co.uk

MICHAEL CARRICK brought a halt to Paul Pogba’s changing-room celebration over Jose Mourinho’s sacking by telling Manchester United’s stars: No one is bigger than the club.

Pogba shouted: “He f***ed with the wrong baller” at the Carrington training ground on Tuesday morning.

POG'S FAREWELL MESSAGE Pogba shouted ‘he f***ed with the wrong baller’ when Mourinho was sacked by Man Utd
Paul Pogba gloated at Carrington when Jose Mourinho was sacked

But Carrick, appointed by Mourinho to his coaching staff last summer and then put in temporary charge for 48 hours after the Portuguese’s sacking, was not prepared to stand aside and watch players dance on the dumped manager’s grave.

So, in astonishing scenes, Carrick, a Champions League winner in 2008, told the players that the club was bigger than any one player or any manager.

In a no-nonsense message he also reminded them that the club would still get rid of anyone who is not going to meet its standards and that they needed to fight for the United shirt.

Carrick’s message still did not dampen the heightened spirits among the players at the news that Mourinho had gone.

POG'S FAREWELL MESSAGE Pogba shouted ‘he f***ed with the wrong baller’ when Mourinho was sacked by Man Utd
Paul Pogba arrives at training today in the wake of Jose Mourinho's axing

POG'S FAREWELL MESSAGE Pogba shouted ‘he f***ed with the wrong baller’ when Mourinho was sacked by Man Utd
Paul Pogba warred with Jose Mourinho during the Portuguese's tenure

POG'S FAREWELL MESSAGE Pogba shouted ‘he f***ed with the wrong baller’ when Mourinho was sacked by Man Utd
Jose Mourinho walks around London after being sacked from Manchester United

POG'S FAREWELL MESSAGE Pogba shouted ‘he f***ed with the wrong baller’ when Mourinho was sacked by Man Utd
Paul Pogba posted this on social media moments after Jose Mourinho's sacking

POG'S FAREWELL MESSAGE Pogba shouted ‘he f***ed with the wrong baller’ when Mourinho was sacked by Man Utd
Michael Carrick put an end to Paul Pogba's gloating in training

Pogba led those celebrations saying: “He thought he could make a fool of me and turn the fans against me. He f***ed with the wrong baller.”

Pogba had also posted a picture on his Instagram account of him smirking after the news of Mourinho’s departure entitled “caption this”.

Gary Neville responded on Twitter saying: “Caption this. You do one as well!”

Pogba took down the post and his team tried to claim it had just been a coincidence in timing, something Neville later described on TV as “garbage”.

United great and Molde coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been appointed caretaker boss to the end of the season with Sir Alex Ferguson’s right-hand man Mike Phelan returning as his assistant.

Carrick will remain on the coaching staff with Kieran McKenna and they both took training yesterday.

Mourinho, meanwhile, is preparing to release his own statement about why his United reign came to an end.

POG'S FAREWELL MESSAGE Pogba shouted ‘he f***ed with the wrong baller’ when Mourinho was sacked by Man Utd
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been appointed interim Manchester United manager

It is unknown whether he will remain diplomatic or send barbed messages to certain players and the board.

While executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward rubber-stamped a £400million spending spree on 11 players, Mourinho still felt he needed more support in the transfer market.

Those constant gripes annoyed Woodward but it was the increasingly alarming performances that, in the end, finished Mourinho’s reign — to the delight of most of the players.