5 players who have let Jose Mourinho down this season

#2 Paul Pogba

Paul Pogba is yet to justify his monstrous transfer fee

Pogba’s signing in the summer was greeted with a tremendous amount of hype, mainly because of his record-breaking £89m fee. But has he really lived up to the cost? I’d have to say no.

While he’s shown flashes of his great talent – most notably during the Christmas period that saw United win six league games in a row – he’s just not lit up the pitch the way you’d expect a player who cost that much money to do. When you consider he was more expensive than Cristiano Ronaldo for instance, you can see the problem.

When United played Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-final recently, for instance, Pogba appeared to have gone missing entirely. He was thoroughly outclassed in the centre of midfield by Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante – a man who cost around a third of the money than his compatriot did.

While Pogba can still become a United legend, he needs to play much better than he has done thus far this season and maybe put less focus on pushing his own brand. The man who was supposed to be Mourinho’s ultimate signing has been more of a letdown thus far and it’s sad in a way.