Manchester United alter pre-season plans as Sergio Ramos sends Harry Kane transfer message

Here are your Manchester United evening headlines for Tuesday, June 6.

Manchester United are set to play two friendlies in the space of two days on the final weekend of their pre-season schedule

Erik ten Hag wanted to arrange two friendlies for the weekend before United’s first game of the new Premier League season to ensure that as many of his squad as possible are match-fit heading into the new campaign.

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The Manchester Evening News understands United are set to face a side in Dublin on August 5 before facing Athletic Bilbao at Old Trafford on August 6.

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Former centre-back Rio Ferdinand said that Manchester United made a big mistake by allowing the likes of Jonny Evans, Javier Hernandez and Danny Welbeck to leave the club when they did, claiming Welbeck is still 'good enough' to play for United now.

Following Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement at the end of the 2012/13 season, it wasn't long before the landscape of United's squad started to change, first under David Moyes and then under Louis van Gaal. Hernandez left United just over a year after Ferguson's exit, joining Real Madrid on a season-long loan in September 2014.

Welbeck exited Old Trafford on the same day, joining Premier League rivals Arsenal. Van Gaal later revealed that he allowed the striker to leave M16 because he felt that he didn't have the qualities to play for a club of United's stature.

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