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Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho may have to choose between Chris Smalling and Paul Pogba.  Photos by Getty Images
Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho may have to choose between Chris Smalling and Paul Pogba. Photos by Getty Images

WILL it be Chris Smalling, Paul Pogba or both?

The duo is no longer suspended giving Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho a healthy selection dilemma ahead of tonight’s Premier League match against Southampton at Old Trafford.

The question mark over both players’ involvement may also trouble Red Devils supporters who take part in different team predictor challenges.

Pogba is the main talking point with the Saints now that he is officially available for selection. He missed the 3-1 win at Bournemouth on Sunday due to a one-match ban that carried over from a yellow card he picked up in his final match with former club Juventus.

If fit and ready, one would assume the world-record signing would slot straight into the starting XI – but who would he replace in the team?

That is something of a head-scratcher following the excellent performances of central midfielders Ander Herrera and Marouane Fellaini at the Vitality Stadium.

Smalling can also face the Saints after serving the one-match suspension that he collected with his dismissal in last season’s FA Cup final at Wembley.

He was excellent throughout 2015-16 and registered 55 starts at centre-back, but it remains to be seen whether he will slot back into the starting XI.

New signing Eric Bailly was superb against Leicester City in the Community Shield and again at Bournemouth, earning the Man of the Match awards from both outings, while Daley Blind’s intelligent approach appears to be complementing the Ivorian’s physical style.

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