Man United need to get used to winning ways: Ibrahimovic

But the evergreen 34 year-old striker insists United – led by Jose Mourinho – will only get better in their quest for a first league trophy since 2013.

United were convincing 2-0 winners over Southampton at Old Trafford, Zlatan Ibrahimovic on target with header and a penalty to take his Premier League tally to three in two games.

After two forgettable initial touches around 15 seconds into the game – he miscontrolled a short pass, then hacked at thin air as he scrambled to recover possession – Pogba showed just why United went to such lengths to sign him from Juventus.

Mourinho said the France worldwide had “such an ego, such a personality”. Sometimes you need players to fill in for you but I don’t see why he can’t do that.

He began in a deep-lying midfield role but roamed wherever he saw fit, supporting the attackers, covering Luke Shaw on the left flank and working with Marouane Fellaini to shield the back four when required. “If he keeps playing like that, like I said the price tag won’t be mentioned”. We have a new coach, new staff, some new players. “And, as long as I feel I can develop, I’m happy”. But it is the second game in the Premier League and basically a lot of things are new.

“I believe that we can win the title, I have this vision”, said Ibrahimovic.

“We need to get used to winning because the mental part is also important”.

“I’m desperate for September to arrive for the Capital One Cup and the Europa League and then they will get what they all deserve which is to play”.

“We dream big. United are a big club, I know we will do big things this season”.

However, there was plenty of evidence to suggest that Mourinho was right to spend so much money to bring Pogba back to Old Trafford.

After two impressive showings to start the season he suddenly seems a player of importance, an upturn that started with a message of support at the start of Mourinho’s reign. Pogba says that “at the end I missed a bit” but that through the whole game his “legs felt good – I can carry on”. Maybe a simple phone call can make a difference to a player who was feeling he was not loved, to a player who when the [transfer] market opened everyone was saying he was leaving. “I have this vision”, the Swede told United Kingdom newspapers.