Manchester United manager has revealed why he snubbed Paul Pogba for the captaincy role against Rochdale in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.

The Red Devils were captained by Axel Tuanzebe and the Premier League team were dragged to a penalty shootout with the lower division team to advance to the next round of the clash.The talking point of the clash was that Pogba was overlooked in the captaincy role and the captain armband was handed to Tuanzebe. Pogba was previously stripped of the captain of the team during Jose Mourinho’s reign at Old Trafford and despite having senior players in the squad Solskjaer explained why he gave the armband to Tuenzebe.Speaking after the game, Solskjaer explained his decision to have Tuenzebe lead the team out rather than a more senior player.

“Aa captain in the making, he’s a leader – why not give to young kids?” Solskjaer told talkSPORT. “We know we can give it to Sergio [Romero] and we can give it to Paul, that’s no problem and they’ve been captains before.“But it was Axel today and how does he handle it? He was absolutely fine, he enjoyed it. It’s just a way of telling him that we trust him.”Tuanzebe was born in DR Congo but grew up in Rochdale from the age of four. He was snapped up by United’s academy in 2005.Pogba was heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid during the summer.