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Samuel Luckhurst

Manchester United players return for pre-season training

Manchester United first-team squad members returned to the club's Carrington training complex on the first day of pre-season training.

David de Gea, Tom Heaton, Nathan Bishop, Phil Jones, Alvaro Fernandez, Luke Shaw, Brandon Williams and Donny van de Beek were among the senior arrivals at 9.30am on Monday morning. Another batch are due to report later today.

A club source said there were staggered return times on Monday morning ahead of medical tests, which began on Friday, as revealed by the Manchester Evening News .

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United manager Erik ten Hag told club media last month the first day of pre-season would be on June 27 and the date was billed among the "key dates'" on the club website.

Several Under-23 players turned up at Carrington on Monday as they had to be in first thing to prepare ahead of training with the fiirst-team. Ten Hag arrived at 8am and his assistant Steve McClaren also drove into Carrington early.

The United players who featured in the round of June international are due to start pre-season training next Monday. Club sources say some returns will be staggered. United fly to Bangkok for the first leg of their pre-season tour on July 8.

Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Raphael Varane, Alex Telles, Scott McTominay, James Garner, Fred, Hannibal Mejbri, Bruno Fernandes, Facundo Pellistri, Alejandro Garnacho, Anthony Elanga and Cristiano Ronaldo were all on international duty in June.

Players on international duty are usually granted a minimum three-week break before they return to their clubs.

Many of United's non-internationals were abroad last week but some checked in at Carrington on Friday ahead of Monday's official return date.

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