Manchester United have arrived in Australia as they prepare for their first fixture of the 2019 pre-season tour. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his side will play their first match when they face Perth Glory on Saturday.
Paul Pogba could be involved on the weekend after he travelled with the rest of the squad on Sunday afternoon. The French international continues to be linked with a move away from United following recent comments from his agent Mino Raiola.
Solskjaer has named a 28-man squad for the pre-season tour, however there are a number of absentees. Fred and Matteo Darmian have been excused for personal reasons, while Alexis Sanchez was injured while away on international duty.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James are both part of the travelling party, however Dean Henderson misses out as talks continue over a loan-move.
Look back on the United breaking news and transfer latest throughout the day.
Fernandes 'believes United move will happen'
Bruno Fernandes is reportedly calm about his future and believes a move to Manchester United will materialise.
That’s according to reports in Portugal, cited by Sport Witness, that say United and Spurs are both formulating a proposal for the midfielder.
United have made two signings already this summer but Solskjaer is still looking to bolster his squad with more players ahead of the window closing in a month. Portugal international Fernandes is one of the names on his shortlist as well as Newcastle United midfielder Sean Longstaff.
O'Hara ready for League One challenge
Keiran O’Hara has reacted to his loan move to Burton in League One.
It’s a deserved step up for the stopper after winning Macclesfield’s Player of the Year awards last season as he helped the Silkmen narrowly avoid relegation from League Two.
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United favourites to make four signings
According to SkyBet, United are favourites to sign the following players:
- Harry Maguire 4/6
- Bruno Fernandes 1/2
- James Maddison 4/7
- Sean Longstaff 4/11
United enquire about Southampton midfielder - report
United and Arsenal have made enquiries to Southampton regarding their midfielder Mario Lemina.
That is according to the Daily Mail, who say United have contacted the Saints over his availability.
Lemina signed for Southampton from Juventus two years ago for £18m, and has been left out of their pre-season tour squad to Austria after saying he wants to leave.
He said:
“The last four months have not been easy for me, with my injury. The coach put his team together. I want to start afresh. So why not leave?
“We have very good discussions with the club. We are in agreement. If I don’t feel good in this project, I can leave.
“They are giving me the opportunity to be able to go elsewhere.”
Fans unimpressed with Bakayoko rumours
Earlier we told you that reports are linking United with Tiémoué Bakayoko - and fans are not impressed.
What a setting!
This is where United will play their two pre-season games in Australia in the next ten days.
There are worse places to kick a ball around.
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United 'set Rojo asking price'
United will demand £25m for Marcos Rojo, the Daily Record claim.
The defender is out of favour at United and is linked with a move away.
Neymar skips PSG training
PSG are not happy as Neymar failed to report for training. He continues to be linked with a move back to Barcelona.
He’s also been tenuously mentioned as a United target, but it seems highly unlikely.
Let's turn the Etihad red!
United Women goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain wants to make a big impression on the WSL after it was announced their opening game against Man City will be held at the Etihad.
Lineker makes Leicester prediction
Gary Lineker thinks Leicester could be eyeing a place in the top six next season.
United will be targeting the Champions League spots, but if Lineker is right then it might be more important than ever to sign Harry Maguire.
United 'make contact' over Bakayoko
Over in France, RMC say United, Arsenal and PSG are interested in Chelsea midfielder Tiémoué Bakayoko.
The deep-lying midfielder had a season to forget at Chelsea in 2017/18, before a slightly better campaign at AC Milan last year.
But United fans will surely hope this is just speculation - especially as the report says the club have made enquiries with Chelsea over his availability.
United fans fuming at Tielemans news
United fans clearly think the club missed an opportunity as Youri Tielemans has completed his move to Leicester.
Story doing the rounds claiming Lingard and Pogba have 'clashed' on pre-season tour
The club put this video out earlier and some fans have suggested that Lingard and Pogba have had an altercation. And consequently it’s been ran as a story by some media outlets.
Fast forward to 10 seconds in to make your own mind up.
Tielemans announced at Leicester
He’s been linked with a move to United this summer but has signed for Leicester.
Pogba should 'shut his Instagram down'
Everyone’s got an opinion on Pogba’s behvaiour and former Liverpool man Dean Saunders is the latest to have a go at the United midfielder.
Not over his desire to leave the club or his agent’s comments. But, his social media activity. Dearie me.
Shut your Instagram down,” Saunders said on the Final Word on talkSPORT. “You’re on £300,000-a-week – you don’t need the money,” he said on TalkSport.
“Shut it down and open it when you’ve finished playing football, because you don’t use it the right way. If you use Twitter and Instagram the right way, and say positive things like, ‘great win today’ and ‘thanks for the support’… anything other than that, anything negative or any innuendos like they throw out now, is damaging.
“So shut it down, and open it when you’ve finished playing football. You’re a footballer. You’re under contract to play for Man United and you’re damaging the club.”
Juventus interest in Romelu Lukaku 'pushing up price'
Antonio Conte is desperate to sign Romelu Lukaku this summer but a deal is getting harder to push through, the Daily Mail reports.
Both the player and Inter Milan are keen to sort a move to Conte’s side but the report claims Juventus are also interested and are prepared to spend big.
MEN Sport understands United are open to selling the Belgium international but only if they can recoup the £75million they paid for him from Everton.
Spanish press have a theory as to why Pogba is on the tour
United named Pogba in their pre-season tour squad, as expected, and Marca reports it’s because they have come to an agreement with the World Cup winner that he goes on tour with them while they find a replacement for him.
Raiola and Pogba have both been suggesting it’s time for Pogba to leave United and Marca claim they have both decided three years is enough.
The report claims the decision is ‘not up for debate’ so United have asked Pogba to go on tour while they search for a replacement.
Tour fixtures
A reminder of who United will face, and when.
13 July: United v Perth Glory (12:00 BST)
17 July: United v Leeds United (12:00 BST)
20 July: United v Internazionale (12:30 BST)
25 July: Tottenham Hotspur v United (12:30 BST)
30 July: Kristiansund v United (19:00 BST)
3 Aug: United v AC Milan (17:30 BST)
PSG odds on to sign Coutinho
Maybe the Coutinho to United reports will come to an end when he joins a new club, then again, maybe not.
Here’s the latest odds on the former Liverpool man from Betway.
PSG - 10/11
Liverpool - 5/1
Bayern Munich - 20/1
Juventus -20/1
Arsenal - 20/1
Manchester United -28/1
United 'planning at least three more transfers'
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has already added Daniel James and Aaron Wan-Bissaka to his squad this summer and the club are busy working on getting more deals over the line with a month to do until the window closes.
The Sun have put a number on how many the club want, claiming Solskjaer wants three more before the start of the season with central midfield, defence and attack all options.
Milinkovic-Savic latest
Milinkovic-Savic continues to be linked with a move to United and there are some reports that a deal is edging closer
However, Il Messaggero (via Sport Witness) explaining that while there is interest, no offers have been made just yet for Milinkovic-Savic.
Mateja Kezman, who acts as the Serbia international’s agent, has allegedly also been in England for the past three days with his ‘collaborators’ after working ‘for weeks’ on his client’s future and has apparently met up with United chiefs ‘many times’ to discuss his client’s future.
What United did after landing in Perth
The squad arrived in Perth earlier and the club website have given an update on what they’ve been up to since landing:
After completing Manchester Airport’s longest-ever direct flight at 16-and-a-half hours, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his 28-man travelling squad checked in to the team hotel in Perth.
The group then went for a short walk and stretches, organised to alleviate any stiffness and tiredness that may have resulted from the overnight journey.
The gentle activity around the hotel acted as a precursor to the resumption of hard pre-season work on Tuesday morning, when Solskjaer and his staff will hold a first session at neighbouring cricket ground The WACA.
Women's derby to be played at the Etihad
Big news this lunchtime.
United Women’s first game in the WSL will be played at the Etihad.
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The team are already there and now team MEN are off to Australia for the first leg of the tour.
We’ll be bringing you updates over on our Instagram page as well as via the usual channels.
How Madrid plan to raise Pogba funds
Real Madrid are reportedly confident that Paul Pogba would prefer to join them over Juventus.
It is claimed by Mail Online that the Madrid board believes Pogba wants to sample a new league having already played in Italy and England.
Madrid are said to be prepared to sell both James Rodriguez and Lucas Vazquez to finance a move for Pogba.
United's players 'concerned about Solskjaer methods'
Pre-season is barely a week old but reports are already surfacing about the negative mood in the United camp.
ESPN say some of the club’s overseas players are concerned that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is lacking in ‘continental expertise’ and that he put too much of an emphasis on building fitness during training sessions at Carrington last week.
