Romelu Lukaku did not travel to Norway for Manchester United's pre-season friendly with Kristiansund as uncertainty surrounding his future at the club continues to linger.
Inter Milan want to sign the Belgian forward and had a £54million bid for his services rejected by United earlier this month. United are holding out for an £80million transfer fee.
Lukaku did not feature on United's pre-season tour of Australia and Southeast Asia due to an ankle injury but he is now understood to be fit.
Inter manager Antonio Conte said over the weekend that he is confident the Nerazzurri board will deliver the transfers he desires before the Italian transfer window closes on August 23, but the Italian club's CEO Beppe Marotta has suggested they will not meet United's asking price for the player.
Lukaku is one of five players to have been left out of United's squad for Tuesday's game in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's home country.
Alexis Sanchez and Matteo Darmian did not board the plane to Norway despite Sanchez having trained at Carrington on Sunday and Darmian having reported for duty at the Aon Training Complex on Monday morning.
Eric Bailly was understandably left behind due to the knee injury he sustained in United's win over Tottenham in Shanghai, while James Garner also dropped out of the squad.
Manchester United's 26-man squad for Kristiansund fixture
Goalkeepers: David de Gea, Sergio Romero, Joel Pereira, Lee Grant
Defenders: Diogo Dalot, Aaron-Wan-Bissaka, Marcos Rojo, Axel Tuanzebe, Victor Lindelof, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Luke Shaw, Ashley Young
Midfielders: Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Nemanja Matic, Fred, Jesse Lingard, Scott McTominay, Andreas Pereira, Angel Gomes
Forwards: Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Mason Greenwood, Tahith Chong, Daniel James
