Erik ten Hag has named a squad of 29 players who have flown to the USA for pre-season friendlies against Arsenal, Real Betis and Liverpool.
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00:00Manchester United have announced their 29-man squad that is flying to the U.S. out of three
00:05pre-season summer friendlies. As I record this video, they actually are in the air having
00:09departed Manchester on Wednesday afternoon. And as I say, 29-man squads are plenty of
00:14options for Eric Ten Hag to choose from, and a squad that is mainly made up of first-team
00:18players, although there are a few youth team prospects who have been named to bolster the
00:23numbers a little bit. And that's because 10 players from the United senior squad aren't
00:28available, through two main reasons. I mean, Tyrell Molassi is the only player who's actually
00:32missed out through injury. That's a bit of an encouraging sign, I suppose, for Ten Hag.
00:36In some senses, considering the numbers of injuries that he had last season. But for
00:40Molassi, he's not quite ready yet to be involved in competitive action at this stage, having
00:45missed, well, the entirety of last season through a long-term knee injury. So he's going
00:49to continue his recuperation at Carrington. And then the other nine players who have missed
00:53out are all because of their involvement in Euro 2024 and the Copa America. They include
00:58Altai Bayandir, the English pair of Luke Shaw and Kobi Meunier, Portugal's Diogo Dalo and
01:05Bruno Fernandes. And then, of course, summer signing Joshua Xerxe hasn't been named in
01:10that travelling squad. All those players have been given at least three weeks off following
01:14their participation in the tournament. And it's the same for Lissandra Martinez and Alejandro
01:18Garnacho, who played at Copa America for Argentina, and Facundo Palistri, who represented Uruguay.
01:23So it's a good squad for United. Plenty of recognisable players, the likes of Andre
01:27Onana, Armando Saka, Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof there as well, McTominay, Casemiro.
01:34Plenty of attacking options. Jadon Sanchez back in the squad obviously hasn't been reintegrated
01:38by Eric Ten Hag this summer. You've got Marcus Rashford, Ahmad, loads of players and United
01:42can pick certainly a very strong squad, I think, in those three pre-season friendly
01:46games. And as I mentioned, a couple of youngsters have been called up. It's actually 12 youth
01:51team players have been named in the group. But you've got the likes of Collier, Ethan
01:54Wheatley, who are actually kind of somewhere in between youth team and first team. You've
01:58got Jack Fletcher has been named. And I think interestingly, they have named two left backs
02:02from the youth team squad because Shaw and Malasia are not named in the group. But yeah,
02:06United, as I say, have got those three games in the USA in the coming weeks. Arsenal first
02:12up on this weekend, and then they've got Real Betis and Liverpool next week. So yeah, plenty
02:18of games to happen in as well. We'll be covering them at Manchester Warren and bringing you
02:21all the latest squad news and transfer news regarding Manchester United.