Again, wtf is he trying to say here?
Journo: Jose, can I ask you about Paul Pogba? Because, again, there has been a lot of speculation this week. I just wonder, how happy do you feel –
Jose (Interrupting): I think you are (being) nice with your words. Because when you say “a lot of speculation” you should say, “a lot of lies”. Because I accept – and I can speak on Paul’s behalf without any kind of problem – Paul accepts that he has not been playing well in the last few matches, but that’s all. And if you want to speak about that, then that’s one thing; and then your word ‘speculation’ maybe makes a little bit of sense. But (regarding) the majority of the things that you can read and you can listen to, don’t be nice. Be objective and say “lies”.
Journo: Obviously I don’t know what goes on in and around the dressing room, so what have your conversations been like with Paul, and is there still any kind of convincing still needs to be done on his role?
Jose: I don’t have to speak with you on my conversations with any players. I don’t have to tell you anything about it. It’s my problem, it’s the players problem. A big lie is that our relationship is not good. A big lie (is) that (Pogba and I) don’t communicate. A big lie (is) that we don’t agree on his positions and with his involvement in the dynamics of the team; so be objective, be objective and say what we all know. In the last couple of matches he didn’t play well. Period. End of story.
Now its my problem and Paul’s problem to deal with it, to try and to improve his performance level. So - to go round it, you don’t need to be a liar.
Journo: Jose, how confident are you then that you can get the best out of Paul and in which position that might be?
Jose: The position? It's quite ridiculous to speak about it. I don’t want to be … nasty with another countries’ pundit industry. Because obviously there are very good pundits in other countries. But I think we have here, at least in number, the biggest pundit industry. Because there are hundreds of them. And the majority of them with a great background in football and a great knowledge of football. And I would like somebody to tell me, in which position you think Pogba played against Newcastle? I would like people to tell me, in which position you think Pogba played against Newcastle? Any one of you want to tell me?
Journo: Can you tell us?
Jose: No, no. Can you tell me?
Journo: Midfield?
Jose: Sorry?
Journo: Midfield?
Jose: Ok, midfield. But we played with one number six and two number eights? Or two eights and one ten? Or two six and one ten? We played with one six and two eights. We played with Matic as a six, Lingard on the right side of Matic, and Pogba on the left side. You know which is Pogba’s preferred system? 4-3-3. Do you know which is Pogba’s favourite position in the 4-3-3? Eight on the left. So it's easy and honest and objective to say Paul didn’t play well against Newcastle. But some of the guys they are paid millions. Don’t let people read things that are not true. You are paid to read the game and to explain to people the game. Don’t say bullshit.
Journo: Has there been anything behind it…? You said yourself his displays have not been as high as they were since the start of the season. Has there been anything behind it in injury in illness?
Jose: Look he had a big injury. He had a big injury, in the season. He almost went to surgery like Dembele in Barcelona went with a very similar injury. The decision was not to do it, and go to a conservatory treatment, the results went really well. Everybody was really happy with the way things went. He was playing phenomenal before that. He played phenomenal after that. He had a red card against Arsenal probably in his best match of the season and in his best moment and probably the teams best moment. He was out for a long, long time and in this moment he is not playing well. Period. Period. He is not playing well, period. And the team needs him at a good level. And when he is not at a good level the team is not as good as the team is when he plays phenomenal. I think it happens with every team when the best players, the most crucial players for some reason are not performing. Period. You don't need to come with histories, you don’t need to come with ‘we are going to sell him’ ‘we want to sell him’. ‘he wants to leave’. ‘We fight every day’ ‘We don’t see each other’.
You don’t need that. You don’t need that. And some people go in that direction. Some of them, I know them for many, many years. I know the profile. I know that their surname is Liar. Now. There are people in your world their surname is Liar. You know. And that’s not nice. But that's enough of Paul. You want to know if he plays tomorrow? Yeah.