Zlatan Ibrahimovic misses trip to China

Uniteds new manager even prefaced what might come by stressing Dortmund’s more advanced preparations for the new season in his press conference ahead of the game.

Mourinho has a full squad to pick from for the game and is set to give all of his players some minutes during this game.

“I fully expect it to work”, Beckham said in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports News. “Of course, he’s a very good player and every club wants the best players but right now he’s at Juve and we have a large squad already”, Zidane said. But again until the 31st of August the market is open for every one of my players that is not happy.

“I haven’t got the call yet, but I know it’s coming, I think he’s waiting until after the Olympics”, he said of a fanciful first-team call-up. Juan Mata makes his way into the team and could be played in the hole behind the striker Memphis Depay.

Dortmund were always likely to provide a stern test and the German side certainly showed their attacking prowess.

United arrived in the city of 24 million on Wednesday ahead of games against Dortmund in Shanghai and Manchester City in Beijing, although flooding and predicted thunderstorms in the Chinese capital mean Monday’s game is under threat. Most of the fans present are local, although around 100 have travelled from England, and more ex-pat United fans made a shorter trip to China from Australia and Thailand.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been named in the Manchester United lineup to take on former club Borussia Dortmund in a pre-season friendly this afternoon. I want to win every one.’ So his motivation is high.

But a move for Toni Kroos, the Germany midfielder, would blow both of those out of the water and perhaps signal to Mourinho and United that Guardiola is not prepared to gift all of the limelight to Old Trafford. “Obviously my family were there to see it and like I said it was the best feeling”. “Some people prefer to play against lower quality teams and win to get confidence out of it”. But when quizzed on the possible arrival of the France global during a press conference on Thursday, the former Chelsea manager was giving nothing away. I have the contract I have at United and for that the owners are happy.

Having endured a hard debut season at Old Trafford, this summer’s pre-season is a chance for Depay to prove himself to new boss Mourinho. Despite the fact he was out of the Euros one match before the English guys, everything is different.