‘Pogba-gate’ distraction for Jose Mourinho

The controversy over the use of video assistant referees dragged on into yet another week for English football, which probably suited Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho down to the ground.

A far more pressing issue for Mourinho, and all connected with his club, remains “Pogba-gate” with French international Paul mysteriously pulling out of the fifth round FA Cup tie visit to Huddersfield on the morning of the match with an unspecified illness.

It presumably was specified to the doctor who relayed the information to his manager on Saturday morning, sending Mourinho into a frantic restructuring of his line-up ahead of the game. Yet Mourinho claimed that, once he was told of Pogba’s unavailability, he immediately ceased to be interested in him.