Cristiano Ronaldo has been left out of the Manchester United squad to face Atletico Madrid in Oslo on Saturday, but the wantaway forward could feature against Rayo Vallecano on Sunday.
Erik ten Hag has named a 21-man squad to face Atletico in a pre-season friendly in Norway and it is expected his strongest side and the team that will resemble the starting XI to face Brighton next weekend will contest that game.
United then face Rayo Vallecano at Old Trafford a day later, in what is Ten Hag's first home game, and some of those not involved in the Oslo fixture could feature then. READ MORE: Three more signing targeted Raphael Varane is also absent from the trip to Norway, with the centre-back suffering a disrupted pre-season having missed two games with a minor injury on the pre-season tour.
He was involved against Wrexham in a behind-closed-doors game at Carrington on Wednesday and could feature against Rayo on Sunday if he's fit.