Paul Pogba to have surgery on ankle injury as doubts about his Manchester United future continue to grow

Manchester United will be without Paul Pogba for up to a month after it was decided that the midfielder should have an operation to deal with his ongoing ankle injury. Pogba was once again absent from the United squad as they produced a dismal performance at the Emirates, losing 2-0 as Arsenal secured their first victory under new head coach Mikel Arteta.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the United manager, has said he may now be forced into the transfer market this month to find cover for Pogba and Scott McTominay, who will miss two months with a knee injury.
The ongoing doubts over Pogba’s future in Manchester were only strengthened when Solskjaer said the Frenchman had been advised to have an operation by “his people”. The Arsenal defeat came just a day after Mino Raiola, Pogba’s agent, issued a withering attack on United, saying the club would even ruin Pele or Diego Maradona.
Solskjaer later added that the scans on Pogba’s injury have been carried out by the club and that the 26-year-old has been examined by a consultant. The United manager said he would not take any risks with a player who “did not feel able to play”.
“It is something that has to be sorted and dealt with within a timeframe,” said Solskjaer. “He has been advised to do it as soon as [possible], and he will probably do it as soon as. He will be out for three or four weeks probably.
“We have had consultant that has been looking at him, and the club has been looking at it. The scans have been done by us. We look after our players’ health and we are not going to take any risk with any players that don’t feel that they are able to play on.”