Marcus Rashford's fine strike was followed by an impressive James Garner effort as the Red Devils opened pre-season with a victory far more comfortable than the 2-0 scoreline against Perth Glory suggests.

Pogba came on at half-time as Solskjaer completely rotated his side at the huge Optus Stadium, where the World Cup winner received a largely warm reception despite publicly admitting his openness to "a new challenge somewhere else".

Agent Mino Raiola compounded matters by talking about how he is working to get his client a move, but Solskjaer says he would still consider the midfielder for a leadership role this season.

"No, it hasn't (been decided)," the United boss said of the captaincy, having seen Antonio Valencia depart in the summer

"So we've got quite a few possibilities there and when the season starts we'll announce.

"Of course we'll have a good assessment, see how pre-season goes, so there we go.

"But, as you saw, Ashley (Young) will wear it when he's playing until we decide on someone, yeah."