Solskjaer weighs up transfer options after Pogba injury blow

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed Manchester United are &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;looking at one or two” players in the January transfer window after it was confirmed midfielder Paul Pogba will be absent for the next month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Red Devils suffered a setback in their pursuit of a top-four finish in the Premier League on Wednesday after they lost 2-0 at Arsenal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United struggled to create chances and failed to move within two points of Chelsea&comma; which only compounded the news from earlier in the day that they will be missing Pogba for the whole of January&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">The boss gave <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;MUTV&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;MUTV<&sol;a> his verdict on tonight&&num;39&semi;s game&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;MUFC&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;MUFC<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;ARSMUN&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;ARSMUN<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;Uief5ZClET">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;Uief5ZClET<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Manchester United &lpar;&commat;ManUtd&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ManUtd&sol;status&sol;1212514589323096064&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">January 1&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He has been advised to undergo surgery on his ankle and it means the Old Trafford club could be more active than expected in the window&comma; especially with Scott McTominay out with a knee injury&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Of course it is playing on our decision making when we have two players out – Paul for a month and Scott for two&comma;” Solskjaer said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That will give us less options and we have loads of games and important games&comma; but still it has to be right and that is the big point&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If it’s available and if it’s possible we will do something&comma; definitely&period; We are looking at one or two&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One player not moving to United in January is forward Erling Braut Haaland&comma; who has signed for Borussia Dortmund from Red Bull Salzburg&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Quizzed on the player the Red Devils boss knows well&comma; having worked with him at Molde&comma; Solskjaer added&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dortmund have signed a fantastic boy and I can’t answer more than that&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Without Pogba and McTominay at Arsenal&comma; Nemanja Matic and Fred lined up together in the centre of the park&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The duo helped United to three points at Burnley&comma; but could not have the same effect at the Emirates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Solskjaer added&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’ve been without him &lpar;Pogba&rpar; all season so the boys who have been playing&comma; they have been fantastic&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is a big blow that Paul is out&comma; now that Scott’s out because Scott will be out for a few months and that is a big blow for us&period; Scott has been magnificent&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We hoped Paul could come back&comma; he can’t and he will be back in a month&comma; but Nemanja and Fred&comma; if they play like they did &lpar;at Arsenal&rpar;&comma; I’m happy with them because they played well the two of them&period; ”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B6YhzyileV7" data-captioned layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600"><button overflow type&equals;"button">See more<&sol;button><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United sent Pogba for a scan after he reported pain in his ankle after Boxing Day’s win over Newcastle and it confirmed he needed an operation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is nothing major&comma;”<&sol;em> Solskjaer insisted&period; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is something that has to be sorted and dealt with&comma; within a time frame&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He has been advised to do it as soon as and he probably will do it as soon as&period; He will be out for three or four weeks probably&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Arsenal defender Sokratis marked his return to the team with a goal and clean sheet as life under Mikel Arteta continues to show positive signs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He told the official club website&colon;<em> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Some things he has to change&comma; I don’t say what he has to change&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But when things are in a good way we are happy and I saw today and last week&comma; the players are trying&comma; the fun is back so we have to improve and get better and better&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed7606d6cfe">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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