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Liam Corless

Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku take part in first Manchester United pre season tour training session

Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku were both accounted for as Manchester United's players were put through their paces in an open training session in Australia overnight.

Unlike Neymar, who is refusing to return to Paris Saint-Germain over his desire to leave the French club, United's wantaway pair provided Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with no such problem as they reported for duty at the WACA in Perth.

The start of United's pre-season tour has been dominated by transfer talk about Pogba, whose agent reiterated the midfielder's desire to quit Old Trafford over the weekend.

"Everyone knows the willingness of Paul to move on," Mino Raiola said. "We are in the process of that. Everyone knows what the feelings of Paul are.

"Everyone within the club, from the manager to the owner, knows Paul's wishes."

Lukaku also wants to leave, with Inter Milan the Belgian's preferred destination.

But spirits looked high in United's first session Down Under, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer began preparing his side for Saturday's tour opener against Perth Glory.

United follow up that fixture with a game against Leeds United, also in Perth, before stops in Singapore, Shanghai, Oslo and Cardiff ahead of their Premier League curtain-raiser at home to Chelsea on August 11.

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