By Daily Sports on December 7, 2019

Manchester United are still hoping to have Paul Pogba back before the New Year and are ready to welcome Anthony Martial into the fold for a derby date with Manchester City on Saturday.

One France international remains out of contention for a trip to the Etihad Stadium, with World Cup winner Pogba yet to fully recover from a niggling ankle complaint.

His fellow countryman, Martial, has returned to full fitness, though, and could step back into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s starting XI after sitting out Wednesday’s 2-1 win over Tottenham.

“We hope to have Anthony definitely for part of the game, not sure if he’s able to start, Paul won’t be, no,” Solskjaer told reporters when asked for an update on two key men.

He added on when he expects to have Pogba back: “As soon as possible, he’s out on the grass training, I said in 2019 so hopefully before the New Year.”

United have struggled for consistency during Pogba’s enforced spell on the sidelines, but are looking to take positives from individual performances.

Marcus Rashford is enjoying a rich vein of form, with his personal purple patch seeing him record 12 goals in his last 13 appearances for United and England. (Reuters)

•PHOTO: Pogba and Martial

Source Daily Sports

Posted December 7, 2019

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