Mourinho confirms: Bugba injury "Long-term"

Manchester United's Jose Mourinho has confirmed that the injury of Frenchman Paul Pogpa will be "long-term" amid fears of his absence until after November.

Pogba suffered a thigh injury during the match against Basel in the Champions League in September, and press reports were expected to miss his club and team for up to 12 weeks.

Earlier, Mourinho did not comment directly on the reports or confirm the departure of the French international midfielder, but admitted at a news conference on Friday that Bogba's absence would be long.

"He's injured, he can not play tomorrow. It's not an injury that keeps me hopeful, as with Valencia (Ecuador) or (Phil) Jones," he said.

"I have no hope of seeing them in the training, long-term injuries I'm not talking about," he said, referring to the injured Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Bogba and Argentine Marcos Rojo. "I do not think about these players."

It is noteworthy that Rojo and Ibrahimovic have been absent since last April.

Rojo returned to training with United, while Mourinho refused - as in the case of Bogba - to give any details on the case of Ibrahimovic, who signed a new contract with the "Red Devils" in August, will 

keep him for a second season.