Mourinho 'in the dark' over Raiola's plans for Pogba

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has claimed he is "in the dark" over Paul Pogba's outspoken agent Mino Raiola's intentions for the French World Cup winner.

The United manager was forced to discuss his relationship with the club's record signing once again after a week in which Pogba heightened the uncertainty over his future on international duty.

Pogba was routinely dropped by Mourinho last season, but, despite being an ever-present this campaign, has hinted his relationship with the United manager remains strained.

Raiola has also fanned speculation that Pogba would welcome a possible move to Barcelona.

But Mourinho insisted that Pogba has given him no indication that he is unhappy at Old Trafford and that if he or his agent wish to pursue a move, they should tell him directly.

"I don't know if that is true," said Mourinho when asked if Raiola was trying to engineer a move for his client.

"I also need the agent to tell me or tell you in a way that I can see. If I watch Mr. Raiola on the screen saying the player wants to leave, and that he is organising a way for him to try to leave or so on, then I will believe.

"At this moment, I am in the dark. The only thing that is clear for me is that the player never -- in all these days we are together -- he never told me that he wants to leave."
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"My future is currently in Manchester, I still have a contract, I'm playing there at the moment, but who knows what will happen in the next few months."