Chinese club confirms Rooney approach
The duo came off the bench to help the Red Devils beat Blackburn Rovers on Sunday, and though they lead 3-0 from the first leg against the Ligue 1 outfit, Mourinho is taking no chances.
As a result, Ibrahimovic could add to his record of having netted 17 times in just 14 fixtures against Les Verts, including his hat-trick at Old Trafford six days ago. Meanwhile, Pogba will again come up against his brother Florentin, who starts at left-back for the home side.
Mourinho makes a total of six changes, with Eric Bailly, Daley Blind, Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata also returning. With Ander Herrera suspended following his third yellow card of the tournament last week, the Portuguese boss has opted to leave out Marcos Rojo, Matteo Darmian, Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford from the XI which started at Ewood Park.
Saint-Etienne: Ruffier; Malcuit, Theophile-Catherine, Perrin, F. Pogba; Veretout, Pajot; Hamouma, Saivet, Monnet-Paquet; Beric.
Subs: Moulin, Lacroix, Roux, Selnaes, Lemoine, Jorginho, Pierre-Gabriel.
Manchester United: Romero; Young, Bailly, Smalling, Blind; Carrick Fellaini; Mata, P. Pogba, Mkhitaryan; Ibrahimovic.
Subs: De Gea, Rojo, Martial, Lingard, Rashford, Valencia, Schweinsteiger.
