Jose Mourinho has revealed there are 'still a couple of players' at Manchester United who he wanted to sell when he was manager at Old Trafford.

Mourinho was sacked as United boss in December 2018, but there are six players who he coached that have survived the managerial changes since his departure.

Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Diogo Dalot all played under Mourinho and have played an active role during Erik ten Hag's tenure.

Mourinho was prepared to sell Martial in the summer of 2018 as he wanted to leave, but a departure was blocked by the club and he's now into his ninth season at United.

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Martial's time at United is finally coming to an end, as he will leave at the end of the campaign upon the expiry of his deal, but the five other players are under contract.

In an interview with The Telegraph this week, Mourinho reflected on his time at United and revealed there are still a few players at the club he wanted to sell.

“My relationship with [former chief executive] Ed Woodward was good," said Mourinho. "Good as in the personal point of view. Even now we send an SMS.

"But from a professional point of view it was not the best. I am who I am. I am a football man. Ed comes from a different background and what Ten Hag has in his time at Manchester United I didn’t have.

“I didn’t have that level of support. I didn’t have that level of trust. So I left sad, because I felt I was in the beginning of the process. In some moments, I felt if they trusted me and believed in my experience things could be different.

"There are still a couple of players still there I didn’t want five or six years ago. I think they represent a little bit what I consider not the best professional profile to a club of a certain dimension.

"But I did my job there. Time always tells the truth. I would love Manchester United to succeed.”

Mourinho was asked about Paul Pogba, who has been banned from football for four years for a doping offence, and said he was sad to see the Frenchman's predicament.

“The only thing I say is that it happens with almost everybody in some moments of your career: you lose a little bit the sense of who you are and what you have to be," Mourinho said.

"The season after France won the [2018] World Cup, I think Paul came back different. The World Cup brought him into a dimension where football was not the most important thing for him.

"Sharing the philosophy of everyone; everyone with the same level of responsibilities. I am not enjoying Paul’s situation at all."

There was a power struggle between Mourinho and Pogba during his time in charge and he believes the club's backing of the midfielder made his position vulnerable.

“When you are supported by the power, by the hierarchy, the message that passes through is very positive in the group," he said.

"When you are not supported … because the player is more important or what the player represents is more important – then you are in a fragile situation. Even if you are a coach with so much experience as was my case.”