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Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Paul Pogba could return to the Man Utd squad for the Carabao Cup quarter-final vs Bristol City tonight, Manchester Evening News reported.

According to the source, Henrikh Mkhitaryan have travelled with the Manchester United squad to Bristol City. The 28-year-old has been dropped from eight of the last nine squads but Mkhitaryan is in contention to end his exile after United manager Jose Mourinho included the Armenian in the travelling squad.

To remind, Mkhitaryan has not started for United since the defeat at Chelsea on November 5. The playmaker was widely criticised for his performance and Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher suggested United played 'with 10 men' due to Mkhitaryan's anonymity.

Mourinho is believed to be open to selling Mkhitaryan in the January transfer window after he accused him of 'disappearing' in matches last month. However, Mourinho revealed at the weekend Mkhitaryan had a chance of returning to the matchday 18 at Ashton Gate.

When he was asked if Mkhitaryan could return against Bristol, Mourinho replied: "He can. I am making a few changes for the match, not many because Bristol is one of the best team in the Championship and for me now the Championship is not the Championship of five or 10 years ago.

"The Championship is now high-quality teams with lots of players that could be playing in the Premier League easily. So we need to take the game really seriously. But I am going to make a few changes. And it's possible Micki is involved.