United is bigger than anyone
"You [journalists] made an incredible story out of 15 minutes of an open training session. What happened the other day happens on many days. Conversations with players, I have many, many, many, many times. Loud instructions happen every day – coaching is about that.
"But you make stories out of it so I am happy that the rules are only 15 minutes once a month and with situations like that it is not going to change. There is no chance I am going to open the training session and let you watch a training session.
"Manchester United is bigger than anyone and I have to defend that."
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authorJose MourinhoJose Mourinho
Pogba plays tomorrow
"The team needs good players and he is a good player. The team needs players with personality to play – he has and he plays tomorrow. He is a player like the others. No player is bigger than the club and if I'm happy with his work, he plays; if I'm not happy with his work, he doesn't play. I'm happy with his work."
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authorJose MourinhoJose Mourinho
I explained my captaincy call
"I explained in detail to the people who have to know, which is the squad and especially Paul. Myself and my coaching staff decided to do that and I always analyse a player as a player.
"When a player is a captain, I analyse the player by the player's perspective, but also by the captain's perspective. And after weeks of analysing and changing opinions with my coaching staff, we had the decision that from now Paul is just a player and not a captain.
"So decision made. I informed obviously the player and the other players and then when I was asked, before the match on Tuesday, I confirmed. Now I confirm again and end of the story."
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authorJose MourinhoJose Mourinho
My relationship with Pogba
"I think Paul said in one of his appearances in the famous mixed zone and he is exactly correct: it's a good relationship between player and manager.
"I cannot tell you [what was said on Wednesday]. The training session was open; you had some cameras with some potential to get some of the words. Maybe you have to change that potential if you want to know everything that is said, because I am not going to comment.
"Nobody trained better than Paul on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday – nobody trained better than him. Tomorrow he plays, so end of the story."
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authorJose MourinhoJose Mourinho
Let's finish September on a high
"A draw at home against a Championship team – a good Championship team, but against a Championship team – is not a good result for us. The same as the draw against Wolverhampton: a good team, but a team that we have to beat at Old Trafford.
"Five matches in September: zero defeats, three victories, two draws, but it's not good enough. And of course we want to finish this September month with a good match, with a good performance, with a good result."
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authorJose MourinhoJose Mourinho
We're close to full strength
"Only Marcos Rojo is still out. And obviously Sergio Romero now with a one-match suspension. Apart from that, in a 26-player squad, everybody is available."