Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is reportedly set to start Paul Pogba on the substitutes bench against Tottenham on Friday - meaning his potential partnership with Bruno Fernandes in midfield will have to wait

Pogba has not played Boxing Day and has featured just twice since September due to a number of ankle issues, but the French World Cup winner is now fully fit after the three-month break of football due to the coronavirus crisis.

And after Bruno hit the ground running following his £68m move from Sporting Lisbon in January, many United fans are excited to see their two star midfielders pair up - but that won't be the partnership from the beginning on Friday, according to The Athletic.

Pogba is understood to have 'trained well since lockdown began' but nonetheless, United are said to be working on a starting XI without the 27-year-old.

Instead, Solskjaer could turn to 2019-20 starting XI regular Fred, as well as Scott McTominay or Nemanja Matic in the centre of the park to play alongside playmaker Fernandes.

United return with a crucial match against top-four rivals Tottenham and former manager Jose Mourinho.

Solskjaer's side are currently fifth in the table, three points behind Chelsea in fourth.

However, Tottenham can go within a point of United with a win on Friday night, and themselves have key players Harry Kane and Heung min-Son fully fit again.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8421461/amp/Paul-Pogba-set-benched-Manchester-Uniteds-Premier-League-return-against-Tottenham.html

Paul Labile Pogba, while he is very talented, he is too arrogant.
He needs to prove and show his hunger to be in the starting 11.
He cannot have been on audio injury for many months and expect to come into the first team when Fred, Scott and Matic has been consistent performers in his absence.

That aside, my first FTC in over 4 years.
Somebody say damn niggarrr
cc Slawormir


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Nairaland mods aren't doing well when it comes to sports news. Always pushing fake news and unconfirmed rumours to frontpage.

There's no single word from Manchester United manager in the entire writeup saying pogba won't line up.

He deserves it

Manure will not rest until they finish this guy's career... Dude was doing well in Juventus until his agent's greed for money pushed him to Manure.

How is this a news?

Is pogba on the same level with Messi or Ronaldo that his post had to make front page...?

Even Mikel Obi is far better than over rated pogba.


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Pogba should Port to City no time

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Good....still dnt see the reason why the news of benching an overhyped flop is making f.p...maybe pogba, his coach and his teammates are all nairalanders and they want to inform him indirectly....pogba wey our ndidi perform pass this season..

Very good. His pride is too much..

He just coming back from injury so u don't expect him to start the match..

Why?

The only Manchester club I respect is Man City.

The world just keeps hyping the influence of certain average players on the outcome of games, and it makes them nonchalant. Sensible coaches will instill their best performing and committed first eleven, no matter who is displeased. Many arrogant players will soon begin to realise that clubs maybe forced to slash their wages in the long term and offload liability players based on the present economic realities with Covid 19. Maybe many egoistic ones will sit up. Like Pogba, like Balotelli, like Neymar....they all have one thing in common which is extreme pride, made worse by European media hype

Pogba head need to cool down small. Let him watch from the bench and see what team work is all about.

Ehyah sorry for Pogba.. As long as it doesn't stop flowing of wages.. Continue enjoying ur pension real nigga.. Set Awon bench warmer upcoming Mikel Obi



God bless

Ok

His benching...his problem.

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Agent P

ok

Time for pogba to learn in all ramifications; off pitch and on pitch..and stop behaving like a kindergarten schl boy..

Get good tutelage from Bruno Fernandez.

Before nko, make e get sense small for that bench

thesicilian:
The only Manchester club I respect is Man City.

What's this one saying now? Who need your respect?

obembet:
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is reportedly set to start Paul Pogba on the substitutes bench against Tottenham on Friday - meaning his potential partnership with Bruno Fernandes in midfield will have to wait

Pogba has not played Boxing Day and has featured just twice since September due to a number of ankle issues, but the French World Cup winner is now fully fit after the three-month break of football due to the coronavirus crisis.

And after Bruno hit the ground running following his £68m move from Sporting Lisbon in January, many United fans are excited to see their two star midfielders pair up - but that won't be the partnership from the beginning on Friday, according to The Athletic.

Pogba is understood to have 'trained well since lockdown began' but nonetheless, United are said to be working on a starting XI without the 27-year-old.

Instead, Solskjaer could turn to 2019-20 starting XI regular Fred, as well as Scott McTominay or Nemanja Matic in the centre of the park to play alongside playmaker Fernandes.

United return with a crucial match against top-four rivals Tottenham and former manager Jose Mourinho.

Solskjaer's side are currently fifth in the table, three points behind Chelsea in fourth.

However, Tottenham can go within a point of United with a win on Friday night, and themselves have key players Harry Kane and Heung min-Son fully fit again.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8421461/amp/Paul-Pogba-set-benched-Manchester-Uniteds-Premier-League-return-against-Tottenham.html

Mind games.
Let the mind games begin.

thesicilian:
The only Manchester club I respect is Man City.

Na you sabi