Jose Mourinho delivered a withering attack on Paul Pogba in front of his fellow Manchester United players after the 2-2 draw with Southampton.
It is understood that the United manager compared Pogba to a “virus” and claimed he had shown a complete lack of “respect” to his team-mates and the club’s supporters.
“You don’t play,” Mourinho is alleged to have told Pogba. “You don’t respect players and supporters. And you kill the mentality of the good honest people around you.
“You are like a person with a flu, with a virus in a closed room – you pass that virus to the others.”
It is understood that Mourinho was particularly angered by one second-half incident at Southampton, which saw Pogba lose possession to Nathan Redmond midway through his own half and then fail to track back.
Mourinho and Pogba have had a volatile relationship since the player’s move back to Old Trafford for a then world record £89million in 2016.