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Caption this… again: Paul Pogba mocks Instagram post after Jose Mourinho sacking

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The Frenchman received plenty of criticism for the timing of his last post (Picture: Getty)

Paul Pogba has made light of his Caption this Instagram post just moments after Jose Mourinho was sacked by Manchester United as well as teasing a big announcement.

The World Cup winner was widely criticised for a post he made on social media within an hour of his managers departure, though it was thought to be a sponsorship message scheduled well in advance of the Mourinho announcement.

Fresh from helping United secure their biggest Premier League win since Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge, Pogba felt the time was right to re-post the message.

Pogba poked fun at his social media gaffe (Picture: Instagram / @paulpogba)

On Sunday morning, he uploaded the exact same image as before – although this time his face had been covered by a winking caricature of himself.

The picture was accompanied by the message, Now caption this [winking-face emoji] big announcement later today, causing some fans to speculate that he might be signing a new contract.

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Pogba, who laid on two assists in Saturdays 5-1 victory over Cardiff, had moved to play down tensions between himself and Mourinho after that game and thanked his old boss for improving him.

We won trophies with Jose and I want to thank him for that, he told reporters.