Pogba out till next year

Paul Pogba could be out of action for the rest of the year after sustaining a thigh injury on international duty with France.

Sportsmail understands the Manchester United midfielder will be out for between six and eight weeks, delivering another hammer blow to under-pressure manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Pogba still has one game of a three-match domestic suspension to serve following his red card against Liverpool last month, so he would have been unavailable for the trip to Watford after the international break anyway.

But the 28-year-old could miss a further 11 games if the injury keeps him sidelined through a busy Christmas fixture programme and into the New Year.

Pogba damaged a muscle in his right thigh attempting a shot in training on Monday night and was forced to withdraw from the squad for France’s World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Finland.

A statement from the French Football Federation said: “Paul Pogba has suffered an injury to the quadriceps of the right thigh and is forced to miss the next two matches. To replace him, Didier Deschamps called on Jordan Veretout.”