Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says he has “a feeling” Paul Pogba will still be at Old Trafford next season.
French midfielder Pogba, 25, had been linked with a move away from the Premier League this season having fallen out of favour at United.
Mourinho also said there were players in his squad who are not up to United standards, but who he accepted would not be leaving the club.
“I think he’s going to be here next season,” Mourinho said of Pogba.
“That’s my feeling.”
Pogba – who joined United for a then-world record £89m in August 2016 – has scored six goals in 25 Premier League appearances this season, one more than his tally from the 2016-17 campaign.
But he has been left out of Mourinho’s starting line-up for several key fixtures this season, including both legs of United’s Champions League last-16 defeat by Sevilla.
“I can give the guarantee that I don’t want him to leave, that the club doesn’t want to sell him, and I can give you the guarantee that we don’t have any approach from him or his agent or from any club,” Mourinho added.
“In this moment, for me, he’s staying, yes.”