Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has thanked former manager Jose Mourinho for improving him as a player.

On Tuesday, Manchester United sacked Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed as his replacement.

Mourinho had a difficult relationship with some key players of the Manchester United squad, which eventually lead to his exit.

MySportDab report In United’s debut match under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, The Red Devils thrashed Cardiff City 5-1 on Saturday.

After the match, Pogba admitted all had not been well under Mourinho but still thanked him for his work.

“I know you’re waiting for something about Jose, about the result today,” Pogba told reporters in the mixed zone after the victory.

“Obviously, we are very happy with the result. We played well, the performance of the team was great and I know you want to ask me; ‘But oh yeah, with Jose…’

“With Jose, we won trophies and I want to thank him for that.Not everything worked well, but[some] things went well, we won trophies.

“Winning trophies makes you improve as a person as well and that’s it. That’s the past. I want to thank him for that.

“I’m sure all the players are now looking to the next game, the points, … and we want to go back to the top of the league. That’s all I want to say.

“The performance of the team was great. We are happy the first game with the manager starts like this and the important thing now is to carry on like that.

“We cannot play like this and score five goals and then lose [the next match]. That’s it.”