Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has delivered his team news bulletin ahead of Manchester United’s Premier League trip to Leicester City.
The caretaker manager is optimistic that Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial will both be available for Sunday’s test against Claude Puel’s men. Pogba appeared to sustain a knock in the 2-2 draw with Burnley, while Martial missed that encounter due to an injury he picked up in training.
“We’ve not had a proper session since the game, so hopefully both of them can get through that,”
said Solskjaer. “I don’t think there’s anything with Paul. Anthony has done some rehab work, so he will try a session today, so I would imagine he would be available to be involved. He seemed happy yesterday.”
Marcos Rojo remains sidelined but fellow centre-back Chris Smalling was fit enough to be on the bench on Tuesday, following his lay-off with a toe problem.
Ander Herrera and former Leicester loanee Jesse Lingard could return to the starting line-up while there are plenty of options open to Solskjaer as the Reds travel to the East Midlands in good heart, as the late fightback against the Clarets preserved Ole’s unbeaten run in charge.
“I watched their game [against Liverpool] on Wednesday and it is a team full of energy and pace,”
said the Norwegian at his pre-match press conference.
“So of course, they defend well, because they drop back and defend, so it’s hard to break them down and they’ve got the pace up front with [Jamie] Vardy, [Demarai] Gray, [James] Maddison, [Marc] Albrighton.
”[Also] Leicester beat Chelsea. So it’s going to be a tough challenge, but we like challenges.“