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Manchester United will continue to step up their pre-season preparations when they face RC Lens in their penultimate friendly of the summer at Old Trafford this lunchtime, kick-off 12:45pm.

United, who have not played at Old Trafford since the end of May, returned from their tour of the United States earlier this week and have just two friendlies left before their season opener against Wolves on August 14. After facing Lens this lunchtime, they take on Athletic Bilbao in Dublin tomorrow afternoon.

With United playing twice in just over 24 hours, the squad this lunchtime is made up of a strong pool of first-team players supplemented by youngsters from the academy. The Reds have already worked with a similar approach during this pre-season campaign.

After being beaten by Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund in each of their last two outings, United will be determined to get a result against the French outfit, though fitness levels and the performance will no doubt mean more to manager Erik ten Hag. The Dutchman was furious after his side's second half showing against Dortmund in Las Vegas in the early hours of Monday morning.

It means he will be determined to see a response from his players this weekend, starting in this lunchtime.

You can follow all of the very latest updates from Old Trafford by following the live blog below.

Welcomes galore at United: the new striker is injured, the new midfielder missed an open goal and the new goalkeeper was lobbed from 40-odd yards. And United still won.

A previous United manager would have laughed off such misfortune. Erik ten Hag does not do friendlies and United's players were sufficiently jolted during the interval with Lens 1-0 up. United scored three times within the first 15