Mou: Pressure on everyone, not just Pogba

Published on: 20 February 2018

SEVILLE, Spain -- Jose Mourinho insists there will be no extra pressure on Paul Pogba's shoulders as he faces his first Champions League knockout clash with Manchester United.

The midfielder missed the win over Huddersfield on Saturday because of illness, but trained at Carrington on Tuesday and has made the trip to Spain ahead of the Champions League round-of-16 first leg tie with Sevilla.

The Frenchman cost a then-world record £89.3 million when he returned to Old Trafford from Juventus in 2016. But Mourinho insists it is not the 24-year-old's responsibility to be United's talisman in the Champions League because of his hefty pricetag.

"I don't think it's fair to talk about the responsibility of players," he told a news conference on Tuesday. "I don't even like the fact that a player who costs X millions doesn't have same responsibilities of a player that cost three times X million. The responsibility is for everyone.

"I understand for you but not for me. I don't look to the age, to the salary, to the transfer fee."

Source: espn.co.uk

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