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Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho thinks Paul Pogba was "absolutely brilliant" during France's World Cup campaign and hopes the midfielder "understands why" he played at the level he did.
Pogba helped The Blues win the tournament in Russia, with the final score in Croatia were defeated 4-2 in Moscow.
Mourinho, who left the 25-year-old out of his first XI at times last season, spoke about Pogba on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
The Portuguese said: "To win the World Cup can only be a positive thing.
The boss has given his thoughts on @PaulPogba ' s "brilliant" #WorldCup campaign … #MUFC #MUTOUR pic.twitter.com/efVfZQEoFK
– Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 18, 2018
"I can only imagine that is only positive, is amazing, is fantastic. So many good players never had the chance to be world champions.
"For Paul, I think the world champion can only be fantastic.
" I think the future for him in the French national team, among that fantastic group of players, can only be brilliant, and I hope that he understands why he was very good. "
Mourinho was speaking on United's pre-season tour.
He added, according to manutd.com: "I think that's about his performance level and his contribution to a winning team – it's for how to understand why he was so good, especially in the second part of the competition, quarter-finals, semi-finals, the final, where he was, in my opinion, absolutely brilliant. "
Also regarding the man he signed for £ 89million in the summer of 2016, Mourinho said: "I did with Pau What I did with all my players
"I feel a nice message before the World Cup and during it I did not disturb anyone."
"They needed to focus on the job for their national team. After the World Cup I have a different message than the other guys because he won the competition. "
While Pogba is having a post-World Cup break, Alexis Sanchez did not fly with United for their United States tour at the This is a weekend that was made to be a "personal administrative issue" (19659002) Sanchez was absent from the party which headed the Atlantic on Sunday.
"It's not good for me and not good for me, or for the team. There is no-one to blame. I know the club is making the effort and the US authorities have their processes.
"Hopefully, he is at least join us because it is important to work with Juan Mata, Alexis and Anthony Martial, who we think are the players we have for the start of the season. There is no (Romelu) Lukaku, (Marcus) Golden Rashford (Jesse) Lingard (all of whom were involved in the World Cup semi-finals). "
Mourinho also said full-back Diogo Dalot, signed last month from Porto will be unavailable for the start of the season and it is expected the injured Portugal Under-21 international will be "ready for September".
Workout in LA 1945 @ManUtd #MUTOUR #PreSeason pic.twitter.com/ArZfAClnpY
– Diogo Dalot (@DalotDiogo) July 17, 2018
He said: "Dalot is injured. We knew that we did not want to lose him because of that. He is recovering really well.
"We think he can start training with the team when we go back to England. He is not going to be ready for the beginning of the season but we think he'll be ready for September. "
David De Gea, Nemanja Matic and new signing. United faction Club America in the opening fixture of the tower on Friday.
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