Mourinho: ‘The mother wants Pogba v Pogba to be a draw!’

They will enjoy to play against each other.

Florentin later transferred to Saint-Etienne in June 2013 and, in the three-and-a-half years since, he has registered 87 appearances and scored two goals.

“He’s the type of player you dream about facing”.

When his teacher, Mrs Knight, heard the story, she chose to get in touch with Manchester United to see if Pogba could send an autograph. Ibrahimovic’s free-kick from the edge of the area struck the base of the Saint-Etienne wall and trickled beyond the wrong-footed Stephane Ruffier and into the net. And that will keep the two-legged tie in the balance. However, they won all three of their UEL games at Old Trafford, and they haven’t lost a home match since a sobering Manchester derby in September.

Manchester United are heavy favourites to emerge from the game victorious and progress to the next round of the Europa League.

For Pogba Jnr., the game represents another opportunity to prove himself as a big-game player.

Manchester United star Paul Pogba “goes mad” when he loses, according to his brother and Saint-Etienne defender Florentin.

Man United Playing 11 V ASSE: Romero; Valencia, Bailly, Smalling (c), Blind; Fellaini, Herrera; Mata, Pogba, Martial; Ibrahimovic.

So what team will Jose Mourinho send out to try and gain the advantage in the first leg?

“I may have to mark him”, he said.

“My team is playing well, I’m happy with my back four”, he added.

“Phil is still recovering from the injury”, Mourinho said.

United host France’s Saint-Etienne, and Spurs travel to face Belgium’s Gent in last 32 first-leg matches. However, they would also find it hard to keep the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcus Rashford contented.

‘The problem for us is the postponed match.

Lyon failed to make it out of their Champions League group, finishing third behind Juventus and Sevilla to parachute into this competition, while AZ came second in their Europa League group behind Zenit St Petersburg.

In the pick of the night’s early Europa League last 32 fixtures, Tottenham were defeated 1-0 at Gent.