Pogba, Rashford poised for Man Utd return

Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjær has revealed that Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford will be ready to feature for the Red Devils when the Premier League resumes, following an enforced break occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.
The duo, who had both been nursing injuries, have impressed in training after returning to their Carrington base.

United resumed training last week. 

Pogba was sidelined for much of the season with an ankle problem while Rashford had been nursing a back injury he picked up in mid-January.

Solskjaer has now revealed that the two United stars are fit and ready to return to action.

“They’re looking good, they’ve joined training now and they’ve done everything the other boys have been doing,” Solskjaer told the club’s official website, manutd.com. 

“No reaction so far, touch wood. When we get started, it looks like we can have a full squad to choose from,” he added.

The manager is content with how his players had been working individually in their homes during lockdown. 

His squad is still working only in small groups, though the expectation is that this restriction could be eased next week when the government reviews the conditions it is imposing.

Solskjær also noted that it will take a while for the team to strike the rhythm they had attained before the coronavirus-enfored break.

“I think when we start training in full groups, of course we need a bit of time to gel again, but they’re mentally ready and physically they look okay too. 

“That’s what you do when you’re a footballer, you just want to play football. 

“Of course, the first step now has been coming together, obviously in small groups, but they’ve enjoyed that.

“The players have been looking after themselves. They’ve done well. Charlie [Owen] the fitness coach, Kieran [McKenna], Michael [Carrick] and Martyn [Pert] have been on to them all the time. 

“They’ve not had many days off. There have been video calls and of course the last couple of weeks they’ve been stepping it up. 

“Hopefully now we’ve proved we can do this safely and we can move to the next step. It’s been really enjoyable being on the training ground again.

“Everyone’s looking sharp, everyone’s been in with a good mood and we’ve been splitting up in groups, so [working in] fours and fives together, and they’ve really done well. 

“Hopefully, they can, as I said, step up and go to bigger training groups but so far it’s been good,” he concluded.