Manchester United refuse to allow Paul Pogba’s future to be included in any negotiations over Erling Braut Haaland.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reiterated his intention to keep hold of the club record signing – insisting the £89m midfielder is going nowhere in January.

But with top target Haaland also represented by Pogba’s agent, Mino Raiola, there has been growing talk that both players’ futures could be intertwined.

It’s been suggested United will be pressured into allowing Pogba to leave Old Trafford in order to land RB Salzburg striker Haaland, who is also wanted by Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig.

But United are adamant that is not the case, with the two situations in no way connected.

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Solskjaer was quick to shut down latest uncertainty surrounding Pogba on Friday morning.

“He’s not getting sold in January,” he said. “Of course (I understand the interest) because he’s a fantastic player, charismatic personality, and for us we’re happy that he’s here.

“Paul has been fantastic when he’s played for us. We know we’ve got one of the best players in the world when he’s playing well and he gets fit. He needs time to get fit of course, but he’ll make a difference for us.”

Raiola appeared to back Solskjaer’s stance when claiming in an interview with the Telegraph that his client refuses to agitate for a move.

“Paul wants to be successful and happy and wants to win prizes and he would love to do that with Manchester United,” he said. “Okay, there was big interest from Real Madrid and Manchester didn’t let him go.

“We didn’t make a fuss about it and he didn’t make a fuss about it because I work in accordance with the player.

“You know other players can bring things to extreme, but Paul doesn’t like that. So you work differently.

“There was an interest from Real Madrid, but they didn’t let him go and I’m sorry, because I think that Paul being French then Zidane is an important factor in French football history.”

United executive vice chairman Ed Woodward is said to still have a positive relationship with Raiola, despite the super agent’s attempts to engineer a move for Pogba last summer.

But there is an element of concern with Old Trafford that Haaland will be pushed towards Leipzig or Dortmund before eventually making a move to one of the giants of European football.

Given Raiola has the potential to earn extra commission from multiple moves, United have been left hoping Haaland will insist on reuniting with Solskajer, who he worked with at Molde.

The 19-year-old was the subject of claims he was on a flight to Manchester on Friday morning, following reports he’d been spotted boarding a plane from Stavanger.

It was later revealed he was, in fact, headed to Copenhagen, but the confusion around his whereabouts led to Solskjaer revealing he had intimate knowledge of his leading January target’s festive plans.

With speculation intensifying that United have won the race for Haaland’s signature, Solskjaer looked visibly uncomfortable when confronted with reports of his impending arrival in Manchester.

He said: “Well, he’s not coming to Manchester because... well, I know the boy and his friends and he’s on a Christmas holiday. You can’t fly anywhere from Stavanger can you? So you need to via via!

“I don’t think he’s en route here, to be fair, not through me anyway. You know I can’t comment on other teams’ players. I’ve said that many times.

“It’s just one of those things in this job you get so much speculation all the time.”