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Charlotte Duncker

Manchester United pictured flying out on pre-season tour

Paul Pogba and the rest of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United squad have been pictured arriving at Manchester Airport ahead of their flight to Perth.

Solskjaer named a 28-man squad for the games in Australia, Singapore and China including midfielder Pogba who has only just returned to Manchester after his promotional activity in New York and following comments from his agent, Mino Raiola, which cast doubt over whether the World Cup winner would be travelling with the team.

New signings Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James were also pictured getting off the team coach at Manchester Airport on Sunday afternoon as they prepare for their first tour with the club.

The squad trained at Carrington in the morning before heading to the airport for their flight to Perth and it was the first time Pogba had been back at the training ground since the team left for the summer.

Fred and Matteo Darmian were both absent due to family reason and MEN Sport understands Fred had booked his wedding for next week, as he expected to be in Brazil's squad for the Copa America, which would have meant he had next week off on holiday.

Both are expected to link up with the squad later.

Alexis Sanchez is absent due to his involvement in the aforementioned tournament. The Chilean came off injured in the third place play off game against Argentina but still would not have flown today as he will be given holiday time.

United play Perth Glory and Leeds United in Perth before flying to Singapore to face Inter Milan ahead of a final game against Spurs in China. A friendly has been pencilled in against Kristiansund upon their return before the final pre-season game against AC Milan in Cardiff.

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