Henrikh Mkhitaryan confirmed how Jose Mourinho begged him several times to leave Manchester United, and refused to speak to him during training sessions:"
He wrote of Mourinho: "I told him, you’ve been criticising me for a year-and-a-half now, ever since I arrived at Manchester United. "Mourinho told me I was ‘s***’ and I just lost my temper. ‘You are the s***. An enormous one.’ Jose replied: ‘Get out of here, I never want to see you again.’
During the training sessions, the coach said nothing to me, he remained at a religious level of silence, but every evening he’d send me a message via WhatsApp. ‘Miki, leave, please.’ "
The situation had become grotesque. I’d reply every time with the same copy and paste response. I will leave if I find the right team, otherwise I’ll wait for the summer. Towards the middle of January, the text changed slightly. ‘Miki, please leave, that way I can get Alexis Sanchez.’
Mino Raiola was working on this exchange with Arsenal. So my response mutated too. ‘I am not leaving just to do you a favour, and please stop writing to me. If you want, talk to Mino.’"