Man Utd Everton: Jose Mourinho gives Paul Pogba injury update ahead of Premier League tie

Pogba picked up a hamstring injury during Manchester United's emphatic 3-0 Champions League win over Basel on Tuesday night.

The France international has enjoyed a fine start to the season, helping them win three of their first four Premier League games.

But this hamstring tweak is now threatening to rule him out for the Autumn.

And Jose Mourinho, speaking ahead of the Red Devils' clash with Everton, has admitted he does not know how long his star performer will be out for. 

“I don’t know,” said Mourinho. “I just know that it’s a muscular injury, he’s out for the weekend match and that’s the only match I’m thinking about.

“I don’t think any further than that. He’s not playing this weekend. I just know it’s a hamstring problem.

“There are good players more than ready to play so honestly we miss Pogba, we need Pogba, but we have good players - Herrera, Fellaini and Carrick are waiting for a real chance to start the matches.

“We lost important players last season during crucial moments of the season and we weren’t crying or getting excuses in about that. 

“Squads are there to try to cope with these kind of situations. I don’t know how many, but we’re going to play without Pogba for a few matches but we have other players.”

Mourinho also heaped praise on Romelu Lukaku, who has scored six goals from his first six games since arriving from Ronald Koeman's team.

"Of course, especially for a striker, it’s important how many goals you score,” said Mourinho. “But I don’t put any pressure on a player over that.

"He’s playing well, there’s a good relation with the way our striker and the way the team plays, and I’m happy with that relation between the striker and the team.

"I think Romelu comes in the right moment, at a good age, with a good number of years of experience in different clubs in the Premier League.

"He’s clearly a player already adapted to the Premier League, with good friends already in this dressing room, with an easy interaction into our group. He came at the right moment in his career.”