Manchester United take their pre-season tour of Europe to Sweden this weekend as they face Atletico Madrid at the Strawberry Stadium in Solna.
This is United’s third summer friendly so far. They started with a 1-0 loss to Wrexham in Finland before beating Rosenborg 5-0 in Norway. The latter saw out-of-favour striker Joshua Zirkzee get his name on the scoresheet, alongside academy graduates Shea Lacey, Jacob Devaney, Harry Mass and Ethan Williams.
Against Diego Simeone’s side, Michael Carrick will not be able to field £30m signing Youri Tielemans or first-choice goalkeeper Senne Lammens, who both reported to Carrington this week but were left out of the travelling squad.
Fellow new signing Andrey Santos – who joined from Chelsea for £48m – has started both of the Red Devils’ pre-season games so far and is hoping to cement a place in United’s midfield for the upcoming season as they prepare for their Champions League return.
Atletico will be without Julian Alvarez for the match as he remains on holiday following the World Cup. The striker has been linked with moves to Barcelona and Arsenal this summer, but Atletico remain adamant they do not want to sell the player.
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