5 things we have learned from Manchester United’s pre-season tour

#4 Pogba may stay after all

The Frenchman could remain at Old Trafford

At the end of last season, Paul Pogba looked disinterested with United and though the manager insisted on playing him, the fans thought he should be let go if an offer came in. But a few weeks in football is a long time and where fans were mooting over potential Pogba replacements, the manager may have had other plans.

Like Sir Alex Ferguson before him with Cristiano Ronaldo, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looks like he’s creating the same relationship with Pogba. Pogba can do no wrong in the eyes of the current United manager and even if he continues to flirt with the idea of a ‘new challenge’ the manager has given him game time and added responsibility.

The fans don’t like the idea of him being the manager’s darling and looking bigger than the club, but if Solskjaer can handle him and get him to deliver more often, not much noise will be made about it.

Pogba, as we've seen in most pre-season games, is now occupying a more of a ‘conductor’ role for the team and everything for United is going through him. He’s making the side tick and if he can carry that form to next season then it will be in United’s best interest to keep him at all costs.