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Solskjaer happy to be reunited with Man Utd trio after reserves spell

Manchester United caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he's happy to be reunited with Jesse Lingard, Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford.

Solskjaer gave Jesse Lingard and Paul Pogba their reserve debuts and remembered Lingard's introduction to second string football at Burnley's Turf Moor.

"I gave Jesse Lingard his debut in the reserves away to Burnley because the youth team had just played a game a day before," Solskjaer added. "And within two minutes that little tiny kid goes into a 50-50 with a massive 6ft 5in centre-back, Kevin Long, and I remember it still, he absolutely clatters him. That little kid.

"And there was no fear in him and I thought, 'You've got a chance'. Kevin Long had to come off, unfortunately, but Jesse showed me there he has something. Mark Dempsey, who I had with me at Molde, he had Jesse since he was seven and it's one of them that we spoke about a lot when I was at Molde, the way he's developed is fantastic.

"I had Paul [Pogba] in the reserves not for long because he went past the reserves and up to the first-team very quickly, he was that special a talent. And Marcus we knew about, I watched Marcus [Rashford] and he was three or four years younger than Jesse, so he was just on his way up, so I knew about him. And those three I've seen from being kids. Great to see them now playing as well as they do."

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