Published 12:07 IST, May 28th 2020

Man United fans react with excitement after Pogba and Fernandes are pictured together

On Tuesday, midfielders Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes were pictured together for the first time at Man United training, creating excitement among club fans.

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Premier League giants Manchester United returned to training last week after implementation of Phase 1 of Project Restart. On Tuesday, midfielders Paul Pogba and Bru Fernandes were pictured toger for first time at Man United training. im created a wave of excitement amongst Red Devils’ fans as y took to Twitter to speak on same.

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Bru Fernandes, Paul Pogba yet to play toger

Bru Fernandes was signed by Man United from Sporting Lisbon in January this year. Despite joining in January, he could t pair up with Paul Pogba due to unavailability of latter due to injury issues. France international had been on sidelines after sustaining an injury against Arsenal in September last year.

Fans react to Bru Fernandes, Paul Pogba's im

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Paul Pogba set to return for Man United 

Paul Pogba was advised to undergo surgery to get rid of his ankle issues. w, courtesy of a two-month lockdown and simultaneous suspension of footballing events, midfielder got ample time to recover without furr missing any games for Man United. It is w confirmed that 2018 World Cup winner, along with striker Marcus Rashford, has recovered completely and will be available for manr Ole Gunnar Solskjaer when competition resumes in June.

Man United manr Solskjaer speaks on players' fitness

Solskjaer reportedly provided an update on availability of squad players during Phase 1 of training. rwegian tactician claimed that he will hopefully have complete squad at his disposal whenever Premier League resumes next month. He confirmed that almost every player has returned in good shape.

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Solskjaer opened up on his training ground tactics amid social distancing guidelines. manr asserted that team is being divided into groups of four or five players to avoid unnecessary contact and conform to social distancing guidelines put out by medical and civic authorities.

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Premie League clubs vote in favour of Phase 2 of training

A Premier League meeting involving representatives from 20 participating clubs on Wednesday have voted unanimously to resume contact training i.e. Phase 2 of training protocol. teams will w be able to train toger as a group. Players can tackle as well, an action that was banned in Phase 1.

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12:07 IST, May 28th 2020