Rangnick holds talks with injured Man United midfielder Pogba

Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick says he spoke to Paul Pogba this week but expects the France midfielder to be a further four weeks away from a return to action.

The 63-year-old said he held a phone conversation on Tuesday with Pogba, who is undergoing warm-weather recovery work in Dubai following a thigh injury suffered on international duty last month.

Manchester United interim manager Rangnick admitted: “He is better to come back and then we will get to know each other in person on Sunday.

“We had a telephone call together for about 10 or 15 minutes.

“He told me he is getting better but obviously he is still not fully fit, so it will take another couple of weeks until he is fit for training again and then of course he has been idle for quite some time.

"So I guess it will take another couple of weeks to get match-fit.

“In the first instance it’s important he gets fully fit in order to be able to train with the rest of the group and then we have to develop him physically and tactically to be fit to play in the

Premier League.”

Pogba’s United future seems to be an almost constant source of speculation, and his current deal with the club expires next summer.

Rangnick revealed he had two or three selection “question marks” ahead of a training session, with United heading to Norwich for a Premier League match this evening.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka is one of them after the full-back sustained wrist and knee problems in the Champions League draw against Young Boys on

Wednesday.

Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic is suffering from a cold and is also a doubt for the clash at Carrow Road.

Rangnick said the player had tested negative for Covid-19 and added: “I am still hoping that he can be available but we have to wait and see how he is.”

The German said after the Young Boys match that he hoped to have Edinson Cavani (tendon) and Raphael Varane (hamstring) available next week, after they returned to training this week.