Here are your morning Manchester United headlines for Tuesday, July 12.
Varane misses United training ahead of Liverpool game amid defensive issues
United might be without Raphael Varane and Harry Maguire for the friendly with Liverpool in Bangkok on Tuesday.
Varane missed training at the Rajamangala Stadium on Monday and Maguire trained separately from the rest of the squad, going through running drills with a fitness coach.
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United have been training at the STB Academy since they arrived in Thailand on Saturday, but as part of the build-up to the clash with Liverpool they held an open training session at the venue for tomorrow's fixture.
Erik ten Hag breaks silence on Cristiano Ronaldo's United future
Erik ten Hag insists United are not prepared to let Cristiano Ronaldo leave the club.
Ronaldo has missed the start of pre-season training due to a family issue but it emerged two days before his expected return to United's Carrington training complex he wanted to leave.
The 37-year-old is unhappy at United's slow movement in the transfer market and failure to qualify for the Champions League, which triggered a 25% salary reduction in his contract.
Fred explains how Erik ten Hag is already improving United
Fred strides in and his smile brightens up an already illuminated function room at the Athenee Hotel. He shakes hands and greets us in English on what is his third pre-season tour as he approaches a fifth season with United.
Although Fred has conducted interviews before in English, he will reply in Portuguese but there is no translator. Fred could be as excoriating as Roy Keane when he played the pundit for MUTV and we would be none the wiser.
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