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Caption this: Pogba deletes cryptic Instagram post
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Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba quickly deleted a controversial social media post of him smiling after manager Jose Mourinho was sacked by the club yesterday.
Mourinho was dismissed yesterday after United’s worst start in 28 years left it trailing English Premier League leader Liverpool by 19 points.
The volatile Mourinho’s exit was in part triggered by the breakdown of his relationship with France midfielder Pogba, who did not even make an appearance as a substitute for Sunday’s 1-3 defeat at Liverpool.
Pogba took to Instagram just moments after news of Mourinho’s sacking broke, posting a picture of himself smiling and writing ‘caption this’ next to it.
The 25-year-old’s post was widely interpreted as celebrating Mourinho’s exit and he was criticized by former United defender Gary Neville, who responded on Twitter: “You do one as well!”, suggesting he should leave the club as well.
More than 64,000 people had ‘liked’ Pogba’s cheeky message, but he deleted the post 10 minutes later amid claims it was actually part of a marketing campaign for adidas.
The controversy was an appropriately rancorous end to the World Cup winner’s stormy relationship with Mourinho.
Pogba joined United for a club record 89-million pounds (US$116 million) just weeks after Mourinho was hired in 2016. But the former Juventus player was repeatedly criticized by Mourinho during his 2-1/2-year reign.
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