Record signing ready to make his debut vs Southampton
Jose Mourinho has said that Paul Pogba is ready to make his 2nd Manchester United debut on Friday night vs Southampton.
The United boss says Pogba, who was suspended for United’s opening weekend win over Bournemouth due to a ban carried over from his time with Juventus, is available to play “some minutes”.
However, Mourinho did not confirm whether Pogba will start the game at Old Trafford.
“We played with some players against Leicester with less training than Paul,” Mourinho said, speaking in a press conference ahead of his first home Premier League match in charge of United.
“We had guys coming back from the Euros, who were on holidays, had one week of training and they played against Leicester (in the Community Shield), not at the top of their game, not ready for 90 minutes.
“But they played and performed and it was a good way for them to accelerate that process. In this moment they are in the building-up process of their form.
“Paul has been training for more than a week, around 10, 11 days, adaptation is really easy because he is a boy from here, he knows the club, he knows everybody. There’s no need for time to adapt.
“He needs time to build his condition and his understanding in the way the team tries to play. Yes, he’s ready to play. Ninety minutes? I don’t believe.
“Super performance? I don’t believe. But in condition to accelerate his process of integration in the team, that’s for sure.”
