{"id":1121078,"date":"2019-12-17T15:24:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T15:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1121078"},"modified":"2019-12-17T15:39:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T15:39:42","slug":"man-utd-team-news-solskjaer-pogba-fitness-update","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/man-utd-team-news-solskjaer-pogba-fitness-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd v Colchester team news: Solskjaer gives Pogba update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Paul Pogba will miss Manchester United&#8217;s Carabao Cup quarter-final clash with Colchester United on Wednesday with illness, despite being seen dancing at his brother&#8217;s wedding at the weekend. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The midfielder has been sidelined since September with an ankle injury but was thought to be nearing a long-awaited return to fitness after telling a photographer he will be back in action &#8220;soon&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When will Pogba return to action? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Despite interest from Real Madrid, Pogba remained at Old Trafford in the summer.<\/li>\n<li>But the Frenchman has made just six appearances in all competitions this season.<\/li>\n<li>Pogba has been sidelined since September with an ankle injury but is nearing a return to fitness.<\/li>\n<li>However, despite being spotted dancing at his brother&#8217;s wedding, Pogba will miss Wednesday&#8217;s clash due to illness.<\/li>\n<li>Pogba created more chances (55) than any other United player in the Premier League last season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7450070\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pogba was celebrating his brother Florentin&#8217;s wedding on Saturday the day before United&#8217;s 1-1 draw with Everton and was spotted dancing, but manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has now revealed he will miss Wednesday night&#8217;s clash at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of all things [Pogba&#8217;s] struck down ill now so he&#8217;s been off for two or three days, so that&#8217;s not beneficial and has set him back a bit,&#8221; Solskjaer said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I&#8217;ve said many times Paul&#8217;s a top player, who we want to see playing his best football at Manchester United. We just need to get him fit. We&#8217;re working hard to get him back but now he&#8217;s ill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who Will Win the Champions League 2020?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O0zHc8SU-64?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pogba was subject to intense transfer speculation linking him with Real Madrid over the summer, with he and Los Blancos manager Zinedine Zidane sharing a number of admiring glances.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 World Cup winner remained in Manchester in the end but has made just six appearances for the Red Devils across all competitions this season.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to use smarterscout: the new football analytics tool<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcp.crwdcntrl.net\/5\/c=14655\/b=73952744?https:\/\/smarterscout.com?promotionallink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign-up here to use smarterscout lite for free<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"04a90636-941d-4962-a726-69137969552e\" data-show-share=\"false\" data-show-info=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Pogba will miss Manchester United&#8217;s Carabao Cup quarter-final clash with Colchester United on Wednesday with illness, despite being seen dancing at his brother&#8217;s wedding at the weekend. 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