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Pogba replaced Marcus Rashford for the first goal of United's 2-0 victory over Perth Glory in his first pre-season game.

However, his future remains uncertain after revealing earlier this summer that he was looking for a new challenge while agent Mino Raiola claimed that he was trying to get his client out of Old Trafford.

Pereira, who recently signed himself a new contract, congratulated his teammate and hopes that he will remain by his side to guide the youth group in the ranks.

"We have an excellent team spirit, everyone hears very well," he said.

"We have a lot of young players and I think it's good. We have a lot of energy and people who want to work, improve day by day.

"We also have experienced players like Ashley Young, Nemanja [Matic], Paul [Pogba] so it is very important that we have all the boys so that they can show us, show the example and we can follow them. "

Ole manager Gunnar Solskjaer is looking to take advantage of promising academy players and will hand over his launches to 21-year-old defender Axel Tuanzebe, 19-year-old winger Tahith Chong, and the summer selection of Daniel James, 21, against Perth.

Midfielder James Garner, 18, also came in and scored the second goal for United, while Mason Greenwood, 17, Angel Gomes, 18, and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, a big buyer, played the second half.

James was particularly impressive when he showed why United was happy to pay Swansea 20 million pounds to get it signed.

And Pereira says that he is excited to see what he and Wan-Bissaka can add to the team to go forward.

"They settle very quickly, [and] we help them, "he added.

"They are already in England and that makes things much easier, of course.

"They are fine, [and] I hope that they will be able to recover it very quickly and show us what they have.

James had a meteoric rise to the top after playing in the championship last season and was delighted with his debut.

"It was incredible," he said. "You see all the fans here, they came from everywhere and they were great today.

"We also had an excellent performance. I think in the first half, we had some chances we could have tidied up, but we showed in the second half that we were clinics. "