BERBATOV HITS OUT AT ‘STUPID SITUATION’

FORMER Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has branded the dispute between Jose Mourinho and Paul Pogba as a “stupid situation”.

The Bulgarian (above), who scored 56 goals in four seasons at Old Trafford, told Betfair: “In modern football, players are very powerful, the stars of the show. It’s normal for them to have opinions, but they need to be backed up.

“I’m really surprised it’s got to this stage. This sort of thing really needs to be kept in-house. You’re all grown-ups, figure it out in the dressing room.

“For Mourinho to have gone as far as removing the vice-captaincy, Pogba must have provoked him – whether it was the comments after the Wolves game or something else.

“But these arguments affect everybody else and start having an impact on the pitch.

“As someone who wants Manchester

United to do well, I’m fed up of waking up and seeing these headlines. Football should be about what happens on the pitch, not who has the biggest d***.

It’s a stupid situation.

“I don’t think the solution to all this is for one or other to leave.

Mourinho is one of the best managers in world football and

Pogba is a great player, a World

Cup winner, who is still young and will improve.

“If a player isn’t happy, they have the right to speak to the manager about it, and if they aren’t doing that, it’s strange. Teams need to win and lose together.”