Paul Pogba wants to leave Manchester United next summer - and Jose Mourinho is more than happy to open the door for him.

In fact, if the Portuguese manager had his way, Pogba would be sold in January and United's board would back the decision.

Mourinho has had enough of the Frenchman questioning his tactics and this week he stripped Pogba of the vice captaincy, dropped him against Derby County and ordered him to leave training.

Their relationship has finally reached breaking point and Jamie Carragher believes Pogba isn't worth the hassle because he's not as good as he thinks he is.

"There's a power play here going on and I think Mourinho is well aware there's cameras there," said Carragher of their recent spat in training.

"If you're asking me, because it looks like Mourinho or Pogba, it's Mourinho. They've both been there the same amount of time. I think Mourinho has done more than Pogba in that time.

"Another question is, should he be getting more out of a £90m player? In terms of Pogba, I don't know if he's worth the hassle for what he gives on the pitch.

CARRAGER: POGBA ISN'T WORTH IT

"There's an idea that there's one or the other. So if Mourinho goes, you'll see a new Paul Pogba. I can assure Man Utd fans, you won't.

"Nobody plays for two years and all of a sudden there's a change of manager and you're a new player. We've see what Pogba is as a player."

Clearly Carragher isn't a fan of Pogba, who is desperate to swap the Premier League for La Liga in a big-money move to Barcelona.

But there's a problem. According to Spanish source Mundo Deportivo, Barca are unlikely to go for Pogba because they feel his price tag, wage demands and agent fees are too steep.

United value the World Cup winner at £200m and he wants a yearly salary of £10.7m, which works out to £205,000-per-week.

Pogba's agent, Mino Raiola, would also command a huge commission for the sale and Barcelona simply aren't prepared to pay it.

So where else could Pogba go? Paris Saint-Germain is an option but the Ligue 1 champions would have to sell one of their prized assets to comply with Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations.

For now it looks like the 26-year-old will have to stay at United unless Barcelona miraculously decide he's worth the money - which is very unlikely.