De Gea, Rashford & Rooney return for Man Utd’s China tour

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Manchester United have left Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Anthony Martial, Morgan Schneiderlin, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Marouane Fellaini out of their squad for a pre-season tour to China.

The likes of Marcus Rashford, Wayne Rooney and David De Gea have also joined up with their team-mates after being given extended breaks following Euro 2016.

United will play two matches in China starting with the Bundesliga side on July 22. He intends to give game time to the players who have been training since the start of preseason, when he took charge of it nearly a fortnight ago.

United will face Borussia Dortmund in Shanghai on Friday before travelling to Beijing to take on near neighbours Manchester City on Monday.

David De Gea (gk), Sergio Romero (gk), Sam Johnstone (gk), Eric Bailly, Daley Blind, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Phil Jones, Paddy McNair, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling, Axel Tuanzebe, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera, Adnan Januzaj, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Memphis Depay, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Andreas Pereira, Ashley Young, Will Keane, Marcus Rashford, Wayne Rooney.

Striker James Wilson was left out of the China tour party though, having failed to impress at Wigan on Saturday, and defender Cameron Borthwick-Jackson has also been left at home with injury believed to be the reason. Mourinho is wary about facing his former club Chelsea due to Manchester United’s lack of recovery time.