One of the reasons that José Mourinho stripped Paul Pogba of the captaincy is because he does not think that the midfielder is acting in a manner befitting a Manchester United player.

If Pogba needs a reminder of what that means, then he can cross the car park from the first-team building at Carrington to the academy building where he honed his talent almost a decade ago.

Mourinho viewed Pogba’s post-match comments as a slight on his authority CHRIS BRUNSKILL/GETTY IMAGES

On the walls of the changing room inside the building where United’s youngsters are based is a laminated piece of A4 paper on which Gary Neville has listed 14 points of advice that he feels those present must follow if they are to become top professionals at the club.

Mourinho has had a chequered history with pundits, but