'He is a really happy coach that gave confidence back to the players': Paul Pogba says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer deserves Man United job full-time
* Paul Pogba says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer deserves the Manchester United job
* Solskjaer has overseen a remarkable turnaround at the club since taking over
* The French midfielder admitted he lost confidence under Jose Mourinho
Paul Pogba says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 'deserves' the Manchester United job full-time after transforming the club during his three months as caretaker boss.
Pogba admits the United players lost confidence and stopped enjoying their football under Jose Mourinho, who stripped the Frenchman of the vice-captaincy in September as their relationship turned sour.
Solskjaer has engineered a remarkable turnaround, guiding United into the quarter-finals of the Champions League and giving his old club a strong chance of finishing in the top four.
Paul Pogba has backed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to get the Manchester United job full-time. The French midfielder credits the Norwegian with helping to give his confidence back. Pogba had a difficult relationship with Jose Mourinho and said he lost confidence under him
No-one has benefited as much as Pogba who was dropped to the bench at the end of Mourinho's reign but has scored nine goals in 17 games under his Norwegian successor.
Solskjaer has yet to be told by the Old Trafford hierarchy if he will be handed a long-term contract beyond the end of this season, but Pogba insists he has the players' backing.
'Of course we want him to stay,' said United's record £89million signing. 'The results have been great. I have a great relationship with him, he has a great relationship with the players.
'When a player is happy, he wants to keep being happy. Solskjaer deserves it. He knows the club, he knows everything about the club. He is a really happy coach that gave confidence back to the players.
'This gave us the freedom to play and enjoy football again because maybe we lost that with the results that we had before.'
Pogba was reluctant to discuss the situation surrounding Mourinho's demise at United but he admitted that confidence was a problem under the Portuguese coach.
He added: 'Maybe we lost confidence, maybe things went wrong. A lot of talking outside that we weren't used to.
'I don't like to talk about the past. I like to talk about the future because that's what matters. We are better now and the results have been brilliant. We are back in the top four.'
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