Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has a fresh Paul Pogba headache, revealing illness has delayed the midfielder's return from injury ahead of Wednesday's League Cup quarterfinal against giant-killers Colchester.
The France World Cup winner has been sidelined for most of the season with an ankle injury, playing just six times for United after a summer of speculation following his statement that it could be time for a "new challenge".
But after the United manager spoke, videos appeared on social media of Pogba dancing and showing few ill effects at his brother Florentin's wedding.
Pogba, 26, had been due to resume first-team training this week but Solskjaer said: "Of all things he's struck down ill now."
"We just need to get him fit and match fit. It might be half an hour, 45, 60, 90 -- who knows, the first game. We're working hard to get him back but now he's ill."
"He has that quality that not many midfielders in the world have so to get him back would be great."
"Even though we were in a difficult spell in the league it was still important for us to create that momentum and belief in the players."
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