Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Premier League managers will be counting down the days to the end of this international break triple-header across Europe, hoping that their players return without injury.
Squeezing three more games into a week is the last thing most of these players needed in a draining schedule, but international football is playing catch up as well.
There aren't many benefits to clubs waving away their stars during this break, but perhaps Manchester United will benefit from Paul Pogba's involvement with France.
He came on in the closing stages of Les Bleus' underwhelming draw with Ukraine on Wednesday, but was in from the start against Kazakhstan
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