Paul Pogba has been missing from preseason training at Manchester United this week.

While most of his team-mates reported for pre-season duty on Monday, Pogba is away from United's Carrington training base with the permission of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - having been given time off after a hectic 16 months.

The word from United is that he will be on the plane to Australia when the first team set off for Perth on Sunday to begin a pre-season tour.

Along with Marcus Rashford and David de Gea, the midfielder made 47 club appearances last season - and no United player made more, reports BBC Sport.

Both Rashford and De Gea were given additional time off by United this summer, and Pogba has had greater international commitments over the 2019 close season than both of them, making three 90-minute appearances for France.