Erik ten Hag’s Old Trafford debut date confirmed as Man United get another De Jong boost

Here are your Manchester United morning headlines for Tuesday, June 14.

Erik ten Hag will take charge of Manchester United at Old Trafford for the first time on Sunday, July 31 after the club confirmed their final pre-season friendly of the summer.

United will finish their pre-season preparations with a friendly against La Liga side Rayo Vallecano, with a 4pm kick-off time. The game will come just a week before the new Premier League season begins.

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The fixture against the side that finished 12th in La Liga last season comes just a day after United play Atletico Madrid in Oslo and the Old Trafford fixture is seen as an opportunity to make sure all of Ten Hag's squad are getting minutes during pre-season.

Read the full story here.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has once again reiterated that the club might be forced to sell one of its key players this summer amid Manchester United's interest in Frenkie de Jong.

The Spanish club is under increasing financial pressure and could be left with no choice but to offload some of their most sellable assets this summer. De Jong is considered one of their star attractions, but is less integral to the Blaugrana than he was due to the emergence of La Masia graduates Pedri and Gavi, and speculation concerning his future at the Camp Nou is continuing to mount.

United are big admirers of De Jong and have been tracking him for more than a month. They have not yet submitted a formal offer for him but there is a growing feeling that a deal could come to fruition.

Read what Laporta said here.

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