Man Utd duo Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay susceptible to forget Southampton clash

Manchester United are inclined to be without midfielders Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay against Southampton and are sweating on the effectively being of Marcus Rashford, Victor Lindelof and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insisted Pogba has no longer suffered a recurrence of the ankle injury that dogged him all over final season however he is anticipated to be without the Frenchman for the third consecutive sport.

McTominay is also resulting from forget the time out to St Mary’s Stadium after, recognize Pogba, he sat out coaching on Friday. Rashford, Lindelof and Wan-Bissaka did exhaust phase however they are being hampered by shoulder, reduction and ankle considerations respectively.

Luke Shaw (hamstring) and Phil Jones (knee) remain sidelined however Jesse Lingard is offered again after being forced to self-isolate after contact with anyone with coronavirus.

Pogba overlooked nearly two months initially of final season with an ankle injury earlier than atmosphere up one other jam that required surgical treatment in early January and kept him out unless the Premier League restart in June.

Nonetheless, when asked if Pogba had suffered a flare up of a fashioned jam, Solskjaer acknowledged: “It’s a separate verbalize.

“Scott and Paul didn’t practice this morning. They weren’t on the grass so they ogle very unlikely for the weekend.

“Marcus, Victor, Aaron came thru the session this day so optimistically they ought to be good ample however still no longer 100 per cent.

“Luke has appropriate started his rehab out on the grass however no longer with the team yet. Jesse’s reduction from his isolation interval so he’s reduction with the community and had just a few days coaching and Phil Jones is out unless after Christmas in some unspecified time in the future.”

After wins against Everton, West Bromwich and Istanbul Basaksehir, Solskjaer is focusing on a fourth successive victory for below the 2d time in his reign as eternal United supervisor.

“Obviously we need that speed to continue however we all know the way effectively Southampton cling performed within the final yr or so however still we now cling a appropriate away portray and I deem we’re up there for the reason that turn of January, as soon as we had some fine particulars, transfers – that used to be a gigantic turning point for us,” Solskjaer acknowledged.

“Since then we now were pushing up the table and I deem we’re getting that consistency and right here’s a pleasant verbalize and a appropriate test for the team to ogle if we now cling the truth is learnt our lessons from the games we played against them final season.”

Outdated Trafford will likely be denied the probability to host followers for the foreseeable future after Manchester used to be placed in tier three however Solskjaer acknowledged he used to be overjoyed United would possibly perchance well be playing in entrance of two,000 West Ham followers on the London Stadium subsequent Saturday. 

“I’m very overjoyed we’re making progress and we are able to let the followers in gradually,” Solskjaer acknowledged. “Obviously we are able to’t wait to ogle our bear followers at Outdated Trafford and know the way lengthy they’ve been waiting to see the games live so these are steps within the correct path, even supposing we’re the away team it’s still atmosphere up an atmosphere within the game so we’re taking a ogle ahead to it.”