Manchester United not under pressure to sell Pogba, warns Solskjaer

A defiant Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has warned Paul Pogba that Manchester United are under no pressure to sell this summer.

Pogba and his agent, Mino Raiola, have ramped up their desire to engineer a move away from Old Trafford in recent weeks.

The 2018 World Cup winner is desperate to join Real Madrid and Raiola revealed on Tuesday he is working to secure a transfer for his client.

However, Solskjaer has warned Pogba he faces huge disappointment as United will not be bullied into selling players against their wishes.

“There has been loads of talk and speculation, of course, about all our players or many of our players, both ins and outs,” The Guardian quote Solskjaer as saying on United’s pre-season tour of Australia.

“For me, it’s business as usual. When you’re Man United, you expect all these things to pop up in the summer. And of course I’ve been in touch with Paul, spoken to Paul. Spoken to Rom [Romelu Lukaku], spoken to Rashy [Marcus Rashford], Jesse [Lingard] - I’ve spoken to all the players, more or less, over the summer. As you do, you keep in touch with them.

“As far as I am aware and up to now, we don’t have any bids for any of our players. We are Man United - we don’t have to sell players. Agents talk all the time. Paul is a top bloke, a great professional. He has never put himself out of the team. He has always wanted to play and he always gives his best.”

Pogba has spent the last three years at United and feels the club have gone backwards since his arrival.

The 26-year-old does not want to waste his prime years at United but Solskjaer is hopeful he can convince the Frenchman to commit to at least one more year.

Since returning to boyhood club United in 2016, Pogba has finished each Premier League as the club’s highest WhoScored rated (15+ appearances) player.