Earlier than expected Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can welcome back Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Luke Shaw in Manchester All three will travel back early from their national teams or remain in Manchester – in two cases also forced to do so.
There’s worm in Manchester United at the moment – and now, it seems, in the players themselves. Paul Pogba as well as Marcus Rashford and Luke Shaw will not be able to take part in the last two World Cup qualifiers of their national teams While England’s Rashford and Shaw had already decided not to travel, Pogba already completed a training session with the French national team on Monday. He suffered an injury to his right thigh, as the association announced.
Jordan Veretout from AS Roma will replace him in the squad. This means that Pogba will already be missing on Saturday against Kazakhstan, when the Equipe Tricolore can clinch their World Cup ticket with a win.
Rashford and Shaw stay in Manchester
Rashford, who has so far only been used as a wild card after undergoing shoulder surgery in the summer and also complained of health problems in Saturday’s Manchester derby, had voluntarily declined to travel to the national team to focus on regaining “full fitness”. The club made the announcement. Teammate Shaw will miss the Three Lions due to a head injury sustained in the city derby, the English FA announced.
In return, Arsenal’s in-form playmaker Emile Smith-Rowe has been called up to the England national team for the first time ever – and could promptly make his debut against Albania on Friday.