Jose Mourinho says he has never been happier with Paul Pogba as the Manchester United manager dismissed talk that tensions had come to a head this week.
The World Cup winner impressed in last Friday's Premier League opener against Leicester, opening the scoring in a 2-1 win in which he captained the team.
However, Pogba's post-match interview fuelled questions about how happy he was at Old Trafford, with the Frenchman saying: "There are things that I cannot say otherwise I will get fined."
A report this week said it had led to an angry exchange, but Mourinho defused such talk ahead of Sunday's trip to Brighton.
"The truth is we are together for two years and a couple of weeks, and I've never been so happy with him as I am now," Mourinho said.
"That's the truth. I cannot demand more from him, I cannot ask more from him."
The France midfielder shone in the season opener but his post-match comments fuelled speculation about his future.
Asked about those remarks, Mourinho said: "I don't care. I don't care. I repeat, I want him to play well, I want him to play for the team, the fans, and that is what it is.
"He's working extremely well here, but I have to say in his defence that write what you want about him, write what you want about me, please don't say lies.
"Please don't put him in a situation where people can think he's not a polite, educated guy, which he is."
"He's very polite, he's very educated, he never had a fight with me," Mourinho added.
"We never had a war or had, I don't know how you like to say, a change of words. Everything is respected, I have no problems at all."
When pressed on the reasons for Pogba making his comments about possibly being fined, Mourinho added:
"You have to ask him, you have to ask him.
"I am here for two years and a couple of months and the only player that was fined was Anthony Martial, so it is not easy to be fined here.
"So, you have to ask him. I didn't ask him, I am not going to ask him.
"I repeat, I want him to work the way he is doing and to play the way he is doing and for me that's the only thing that matters."
