Mourinho responds to Souness calling Pogba a ‘schoolboy’
Souness described Pogba as playing " like a schoolboy running after the ball in the playground " in a newspaper column, a week after the France international was dropped to the bench for a 2-0 win over Huddersfield Town.
Pogba made an ineffective 66-minute contribution at St James' Park , replaced by Michael Carrick in the moments after Newcastle's Matt Ritchie scored the winning goal.
But Mourinho was not in the mood to field questions about Souness' comments at his post-match press conference.
"You ask Graeme Souness," he said. "Paul Souness comments and is responsible for his comments, not me."
Explaining his decision to remove Pogba on Sky Sports after the match , Mourinho said: "I wanted a better way to come out in the first phase against a team defending in a compact block.