Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has no concerns over fan reaction to Paul Pogba

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer does not believe Manchester United fans will turn on Paul Pogba despite the midfielder expressing his desire to leave.Three years on from returning to Old Trafford for what was a world-record fee of 89million, the 26-year-olds future is under scrutiny.Pogba admitted over the summer that he was open to a new challenge somewhere else an admission compounded by his outspoken agent Mino Raiolas public statements.Paul Pogba has impressed during Manchester Uniteds tour (Danial Hakim/AP)But the World Cup winner has knuckled down and impressed during Uniteds tour of Australia and Asia, with Solskjaer underlining his plans for the France international to play a key role for United this season.Pogba is set to feature against Tottenham in Shanghai on Thursday and his manager is confident that fans will not give him grief when the team return to Europe.No (concerns about the reaction), Solskjaer said next to a nodding Scott McTominay.I think our fans know what Paul has given the club and what he can give us..@PaulPogba @AWBissaka Greenwood You love to see it. And to see more, watch the second half live: https://t.co/4eQlLWEatJ pic.twitter.com/IEB8uLddid Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 17, 2019Of course, there are some loud, some small minority, and, no, Paul has been an absolutely top individual.I think both me and the players will testify to that, that hes never ever been a second problem here and were just grateful when he performs as well as he does.While Pogba has impressed during the tour of Australia, Singapore and China, knocks have meant Romelu Lukaku will have missed all four matches.PA understands that the wantaway striker has been the subject of a failed 60 million euros (54 million) bid by Inter Milan, with United giving the Serie A giants a deadline to agree a deal.Romelu Lukaku has yet to feature on Manchester Uniteds tour (Martin Rickett/PA)(Victor) Lindelofs fine and Lukaku wont be fit, no, Solskjaer said ahead of the Spurs friendly.Hes been working with a physio the last few days so I dont think he will make this one either.Asked whether he regretted bringing Lukaku on the tour or if it had been worth it, the Norwegian said: Well, he got injured in training so he had to stay here.Its not too bad. If it was worse, wed have sent him home but hes been working with physios in the gym and stuff so no.Lukaku trained on his own on the eve of the Tottenham match in the stifling Shanghai heat. View this post on Instagram Ole says @VictorLindelof is "fine" to play in our #ICC2019 match against Spurs. #MUFC #MUTOURA post shared by Manchester United (@manchesterunited) on Jul 24, 2019 at 3:15am PDTHowever, the Belgium striker is unlikely to be missed in Thursdays International Champions Cup match given the performances of his fellow forwards during the tour, increasing the pressure and competition should his exit not come to fruition.Of course, its never nice to be a player who misses out on important fitness work, but also team-building work as in team understanding and tactical approach, Solskjaer said.So, hell just have to make up later on then.Solskjaer was in relaxed mood during the press conference at Yuanshen Stadium, whether he was asked about the conditions in China, pre-season work or, notably, the lack of transfer business. Players have left on free transfers or been loaned out but United have yet to sell a player this summer and have made only two acquisitions, with Daniel James arriving from Swansea before Crystal Palace right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka joined.It will take time for any player to adjust to Man United apart from me, it took me six minutes in the first game, former striker Solskjaer said with a smile.Im very happy with the two youve mentioned and weve got to be patient because its a long haul and its very important we get the right ones in.When you hit a hurdle, you cant just jump on a different path. Ive not had a frustrated feeling at all.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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