Man Utd fly out to Norway for pre-season clash… but Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez stay at home
ROMELU LUKAKU and Alexis Sanchez will miss Manchester United's pre-season clash with Kristiansund tomorrow.
The Red Devils duo did not board the plan taking the rest of the squad to Oslo earlier today.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men are entering the final stage of their summer camp with the new Premier League campaign kicking off in less than two weeks' time.
The Red Devils have just returned from their tour of Australia and Asia, racking up four wins out of four in the last two weeks.
And the Norwegian boss is now taking United to Norway for a penultimate pre-season game against his hometown club Kristiansund.
But Lukaku, 26, and Sanchez, 30, are set to miss tomorrow's clash, having failed to make a single appearance for Solskjaer's side since the end of last season.
The Belgian international is still hoping to secure his move away from Old Trafford in the coming days.
Inter Milan and Juventus are involved in a fierce transfer battle for the striker's signature.
While Sanchez is still nursing his hamstring injury he suffered at the Copa America earlier this month.
However, Solskjaer has confirmed the Chilean will be fit for the Prem clash against Chelsea on August 11.
The United flop is set to stay at Old Trafford after the club received no offers for the £505,000-a-week winger.
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Paul Pogba, 26, also jetted off to Norway as he is now looking increasingly likely to stay at the club despite Real Madrid transfer links.
Zinedine Zidane was ready to make a last-ditch attempt to land the French World Cup winner.
But after Los Blancos president Florentino Perez blocked Gareth Bale's China move, their pursuit of Pogba could now be over.
Man Utd's official 26-man squad for a friendly against Kristiansund
David De Gea, Lee Grant, Joel Pereira, Sergio Romero; Diogo Dalot, Phil Jones, Victor Lindelof, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling, Axel Tuanzebe, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Ashley Young; Fred, Angel Gomes, Daniel James, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Nemanja Matic, Scott McTominay, Andreas Pereira, Paul Pogba; Tahith Chong, Mason Greenwood, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford