Zlatan Ibrahimovic will NOT travel to China for Manchester United’s pre-season tour
Marquee signing will be left at home although a number of Euro 2016 players are included for two-game tour
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC will not travel to the Far East and take part in Manchester United's tour of China.
The marquee summer signing is not named among Jose Mourinho's 25-man squad for the matches against Borussia Dortmund and local rivals Manchester City.
The decision to omit Ibrahimovic means he will make his first appearance for the club in his native Sweden.
That game, on 30 July, will see United face Galatasaray in Gothenburg.
Fellow new signings Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan are included in the touring party.
Ibrahimovic will also likely feature heavily in Wayne Rooney's testimonial against Everton and in the Community shield as he gears up for his first Premier League season.
United play their first league game of the season at Bournemouth on 14 August.
RELATED STORIES
The squad fly out today with a number of players who took part in Euro 2016 included - Wayne Rooney was among a number of players who returned to pre-season training at Carrington.
Marcus Rashford arrived back for training on Tuesday in a modest Audi S3, the first time he has been pictured driving.
Mourinho has taken a number of fringe players and youngsters on the tour to China, while Luke Shaw will play after returning against Wigan Athletic nine months after his leg break.
Teenage defender Alex Tuanzebe will feature, while the likes of Ander Herrera, Adnan Januzaj, Juan Mata and Memphis Depay will have another chance to impress amid speculation they are leaving Old Trafford.
Marouane Fellaini, Anthony Martial, Morgan Schneiderlin and Matteo Darmian have all been left behind after reaching at least the quarter-final stage at Euro 2016.
TRAVELLING SQUAD
Goalkeepers: David De Gea, Sergio Romero, Sam Johnstone.
Defenders: Eric Bailly, Daley Blind, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Phil Jones, Paddy McNair, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling, Alex Tuanzebe.
Midfielders: Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera, Adnan Januzaj, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata.
Forwards: Memphis Depay, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Andreas Pereira, Ashley Young, Will Keane, Marcus Rashford, Wayne Rooney.
