Paul Pogba is expected to return in 2019 and now he can already play basketball. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer explains the recovery process.
Solskjaer said of Pogba's condition: "He was in a cast for about for six or seven weeks - you do lose loads of muscle, so he's gradually now just stepping up, walking on the treadmill, biking with a free ankle. It'll still be a few weeks. We hope to see him in 2019, yeah.
"He had another test and a scan just at the start of the international break and it's not healed yet. But he's stepping up his recovery and he's out of a cast."
Solskjaer said of the Frenchman playing basketball while recovering: "Did I say last press conference, we don’t play basketball [smiles]? I don’t see many basketball players tackling ankles, twisting and turning with studs. He’s not ready to train, no."
Ole ruled Scott McTominay (ankle injury) and Marcos Rojo out while Nemanja Matic is most likely not match fit. Luke Shaw and Axel Tuanzebe are training but remain doubts. Eric Bailly and Timothy Fosu-Mensah are still a way off.
