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John Brewin, Michael Butler and Will Unwin

FA Cup fourth round: 10 things to look out for this weekend

l-r; Djed Spence of Nottingham Forest, Aleksandar Mitrović of Fulham and Paul Pogba of Manchester United.
Up for the Cup: Djed Spence of Nottingham Forest, Fulham forward Aleksandar Mitrovic and Paul Pogba of Manchester United. Composite: Getty, Reuters, Alamy

1) Will Rangnick get more out of Pogba?

A hugely difficult week for Manchester United ends with them facing one of the form teams in the Championship. Chris Wilder, the Boro manager, has banned his players from swapping shirts with Cristiano Ronaldo, remarking they are not on a “sight-seeing tour”. His last visit to Old Trafford came with Sheffield United, their 2-1 win a rare highlight in a doomed final season, and Wilder has always had a taste for tweaking the nose of the gilded elite. Talking of which, Paul Pogba is fit enough for selection by Ralf Rangnick. Can Rangnick find Pogba a settled role in the team where José Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjær failed? Or, with the Frenchman’s contract ticking down towards a free transfer, will the interim manager even try? “He might even be in the starting XI,” Rangnick said on Thursday, though Pogba would not seem an ideal fit for Rangnick’s prescribed style. JB

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