Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Manchester United will be without Paul Pogba for a while after revealing that the midfielder has suffered a 'long-term' hamstring injury.
Pogba, 24, suffered the problem captaining United in their 3-0 Champions League win against FC Basel, and Mourinho is not optimistic that the France midfielder will be back any time soon for the Red Devils.
The United manager is still unwilling to put a timescale on the injury, but 17 days on from the France international's setback, Mourinho has revealed it is a long-term issue ahead of Saturday's Old Trafford clash against Crystal Palace.
"He's injured, he cannot play tomorrow and it's not an injury that I can have the hope like I have with (Antonio) Valencia or (Phil) Jones," Mourinho said of Pogba.
"I have the hope to see them in training and to have a positive answer, so long-term injuries I don't speak about them.
"So Ibra and Pogba and Rojo, these players I don't think about them."
Pogba, Marcos Rojo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are joined on the sidelines by Michael Carrick, while Jones and Valencia are to be assessed having missed the midweek Champions League match at CSKA Moscow.
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Marouane Fellaini also missed out with an ankle injury that is still under assessment, while Anthony Martial went off in the 4-1 win in Russia.
"We have to train and to make decisions after training, but I hope some of the players that couldn't play in Moscow (can play)," he said.
"I hope maybe not all of them but some can recover.
"They were out and tomorrow some will be out.
"What I am saying is that from all the injuries we have, I hope we can have some players available tomorrow."
Additional reporting by the Press Association.
