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Manchester United ace Paul Pogba had a heartfelt moment with a young fan and hospital patient as he surprised his grandad in a hilarious phone call.

Pogba, along with teammates Fred, Diogo Dalot and Andreas Pereira, visited Palatine Treatment Centre at The Christie, the cancer hospital in Withington, south Manchester, to spread some Christmas cheer.

And the World Cup winner met one of his biggest fans.

In a video posted on Twitter, he is seen meeting a teenager called Matty on one of the wards.

He is told he always gets good test results when he wears his United shirt bearing Pogba's name and the France star says that makes him very emotional.

The pair share a heartfelt moment before Pogba then hilariously greets his granddad over the phone.

In the funny call he merely introduces himself as 'Matty's best friend' and says they are friends 'even though I am from France and I love the number six'.

However he still doesn't cotton on and tells his grandson to 'get away' and to 'stop p*****g about' when he reveals who it is speaking to him.

In a post accompanying the video, Pogba said: "This video makes me so emotional. Seeing a young man get better results and feeling better just by wearing a pogba @ManUtd shirt... you thanks us for giving you 5min of our time but WE THANK YOU for giving us the strength to push ourselves to the limit."

Speaking after the visit, which occurred just hours after Jose Mourinho's sacking as manager: "Seeing the children happy and just giving a picture or signature, it made my day.

“They are the real stars and they are stronger than anybody. They keep fighting with their families, and with the help of the people in the hospital they can recover faster."

Nemanja Matic and Phil Jones spent time with children at Francis House in Didsbury, whilst the remainder of the first-team squad headed to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, the largest single-site children's hospital in the UK which provides specialist healthcare services for children and young people throughout the North West.