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Manchester United players given warm greeting as they are welcomed by Thai fans at Bangkok Airport
Manchester United have been welcomed by a swarm of nearby fans in the wake of landing in Bangkok in front of their first pre-season visit in quite a while.
New chief Erik ten Hag participated in an inviting service as his 31-man crew - which does exclude wantaway star Cristiano Ronaldo - showed up in the Thai capital on Saturday.
Joined play Liverpool in Bangkok on Tuesday prior to making a beeline for Australia to confront Melbourne Victory, Crystal Palace and Aston Villa on their pre-season visit.
The game against chief opponents Liverpool will be Ten Hag's most memorable accountable for the club and he looked engaged as he drove his players through the air terminal.
Fans will be disheartened that only one new marking - Dutch left-back Tyrell Malacia, who joined from Feyenoord in a £14.6million bargain - loaded onto the plane to Thailand.
Joined are as yet dealing with an arrangement to bring Frenkie de Jong from Barcelona, have presented a £43m offered for Ajax protector Lisandro Martinez and are set to sign free specialist Christian Eriksen after the Dane verbally consented to join the club.
Ronaldo has not gone subsequent to being given extra downtime to manage a 'family issue'. The Portuguese star needs to leave United in the event that they get a reasonable proposal for him in the mid year.
As well as Ronaldo, Phil Jones, Brandon Williams and Andreas Pereira are the other first-cooperative people who will miss the visit.
Williams is remaining in the UK and will prepare at Carrington as he recuperates from a minor issue, while Jones is to follow an expert pre-season program trying to forestall expected wounds during the 2022-2023 mission.
Pereira has likewise been managed the cost of a break following his credit spell with Flamengo last term. The Brazilian has consented to move to Premier League side Fulham in an arrangement worth £10m.
The voyaging party incorporates various experienced players, for example, Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes, yet in addition includes a large group of young people hoping to demonstrate their value.
Alejandro Garnacho, Zidane Iqbal and Charlie Savage, who all made their senior makes a big appearance last season, have made the excursion.
Tahith Chong, James Garner and Ethan Laird, who have gotten back from their advance spells last season, are likewise set to highlight for United throughout the next few weeks.
Facundo Pellistri will likewise be expecting to pull on his United shirt throughout the next few days in the wake of preparing great with the crew at Carrington. The Uruguayan has had two spells borrowed at Spanish side Alaves since joining the club for £9million in 2020.
Regardless of their new struggles United remain massively famous in the Far East. The club additionally made a trip to Asia on their last pre-season visit in 2019.
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