Solskjaer can’t see Pogba leaving Manchester United in the summer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer cannot see Paul Pogba leaving Manchester United this summer and expects the mercurial midfielder to put his stamp on Wednesdays Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona.Five years on from their last appearance in the last eight of European footballs top competition, Old Trafford plays host to the five-time European champions in an eagerly-anticipated first leg.Pogba, like so often, has been subject of much of the pre-match talk, with the World Cup winners happiness and Old Trafford future subject of growing speculation.Paul Pogba has been linked with a move to Barcelona, who Manchester United face in the Champions League (Ian Hodgson/PA)Barcelona were widely linked to the 26-year-old last summer and president Josep Maria Bartomeu recently confirmed the club have had a long-standing interest in one of the stars of the world of football.Fellow LaLiga giants Real Madrid are being widely touted as a summer destination for Pogba, but Solskjaer expects him to stay at Old Trafford for the foreseeable future.The United boss said: Paul is looking forward to tomorrow. Hes a Man United player. Hes one of our, of course, big performers and on a big stage.He knows the game against PSG was not his greatest moment. So, he is only focused on playing well tomorrow against Barcelona and I cannot see him not playing for Man United next season either.Chris Smalling faces a tough test against Barcelona (Ian Hodgson/PA)Pogba will be champing at the bit after missing jaw-dropping last-16 comeback against Paris St Germain following his sending off late in the first leg.Asked if this is the kind of game where the France midfielder can make his mark, Solskjaer said: Its not about one player, everyone has to perform at their best level and at Pauls best he can run a game like this and thats what you expect from him: that he really puts his stamp on a game like this.I expect Chris (Smalling) to defend really well, but thats his job. Pauls job is to be the creator, and when we win the ball that he drives forward, so I expect him to perform tomorrow.A big performance under the Old Trafford floodlights is needed the recently-confirmed permanent manager looks to bounce back from a run of three defeats in four matches.United got past a star-studded Paris St Germain side including the likes of Kylian Mbappe (John Walton/PA)The Norwegian says the comeback against PSG has given the side belief, but there are few tougher asks than shackling Lionel Messi.Well, what kind of plan can you have to stop one of the best players in the world? Solskjaer said.As Chris says, were looking forward to, relish the opportunity, but this season weve played against Juventus and (Cristiano) Ronaldo, PSG with (Kylian) Mbappe.Weve had Chelsea and (Eden) Hazard. Neymar didnt play against us. I think the better an opponent (Luis) Suarez as well and (Philippe) Coutinho and Messi will keep our defenders on their toes, so lets see how we manage tomorrow.Solskjaer is hoping for a little bit of rain and an unbelievable atmosphere on Wednesday night, when United will attempt to end a run of two successive losses against Barca.Those defeats came in the Champions League finals of 2009 and 2011 under Sir Alex Ferguson, who the Norwegian has spoken to ahead of the quarter-final.I think all my experiences and over the years with Barcelona watching and admiring the team, the quality theyve got you always look at what youll do against them, Solskjaer said.Were ready. Of course, Ive spoken with the gaffer since we went through, and the draw was made but no details.Alexis Sanchez will be one of several United players who miss the Barcelona game (Adam Davy/PA)Solskjaer could be without up to six players for the first leg, with Alexis Sanchez, Eric Bailly and Antonio Valencia ruled out.Ander Herrera is set to join them on the absentee list, while Nemanja Matic and Marcus Rashford need assessing.We still hope maybe that Nemanja can be ready, Solskjaer said after the defensive midfielder missed Tuesdays session.And Ander (is) probably out, but Eric and Antonio definitely out, yeah. (Rashford) needed extra warm up and hopefully, he wont get a reaction.He joined parts of it at the end, but he couldnt join the boxes, which is the fun part of training, so lets see tomorrow. Hopefully, hell be ready.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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