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Man Utd coach McKenna: We'll be stronger with fully fit Rashford and Pogba

Manchester United assistant Kieran McKenna says the team will benefit from Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba's return once games resume.

The star duo have been sidelined with long-term injuries, but both will likely be fit when lockdown measures are potentially eased next month.

McKenna told MUTV: "We are hopefully going to have a full squad of players to work with, whenever we come back, in terms of injured boys coming back.

"So you are thinking about how we can reintegrate them, what the squad might look like with them boys back in and how we might look on the pitch.

"Obviously, those two (Rashford and Pogba) are massively talented players who you are talking about and we have not really had them all season.

"Luke [Shaw] and Anthony [Martial] were picking up injuries in the first half of the season, with Scott [McTominay] picking up injuries, all missing most of the season, and obviously Marcus being a big miss as well, so we haven't really had a full complement to pick from all season.

"The rest of the squad deserves credit and Ole for how he has managed that, and for managing to keep the group together.

"If we can get to a point where we get everybody back in, then it's certainly good competition for places in some positions, and also a chance to rotate, which we haven't always had the possibility to do, to give people a breather and manage the squad that way."

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