Paul Pogba trained for the first time without a protective boot on Sunday, as he nears a return to Manchester United action following injury.
France World Cup winner Pogba has been out since Boxing Day, but finally appears to be on the mend after having ankle surgery in January.
Pogba is in rehab in Dubai while the rest of the Red Devils squad are in Marbella for warm-weather training during the winter break.
Pogba's Manchester United career has been temperamental ever since he returned to Old Trafford in a world-record £89million move in 2016.
He is expected to leave at the end of the season, and has recently been linked with a move to another Premier League club after Darren Bent suggested both Liverpool and Manchester City would likely be interested in signing him.
Bent told talkSPORT: "At times you have to feel a bit sorry for him.
"He's the scapegoat for absolutely everything. Even when he's not playing people blame him and they're always talking about him.
"I don't think sometimes the social media aspect helps him. When he says he's ill and then he's at his brother's wedding dancing around, evidently that rubs people up the wrong way.
"It wouldn't surprise me if teams like Manchester City come in for him. I can see him getting in Liverpool's team too. If he's on top, top form, he can get in most teams in the world.
"Because he's not even on the pitch and we're still talking about him, I wonder maybe if it is best if they part their separate ways.
"Then everyone can solely focus on Manchester United football club rather than looking for a scapegoat, which is Paul Pogba, for everything that has gone wrong in recent years."
