Manchester United confirm friendly to warm up for US tour

United travel to the States for three preseason games this summer in Los Angeles, San Diego and South Carolina. Before that, a warm-up against an unfamiliar rival.

Manchester United’s pre-season is starting to take shape after the club confirmed the first warm-up match before the squad flies out to the United States for a mini-summer tour to gear up for the new season. Ten Hag’s men will face classic Norwegian side Rosenborg at the Lerkendal Stadion in Trondheim on Monday 15 July with kick-off set for 18:00 hours local time (12 noon ET / 9 a.m. PT).

Rosenborg is Norway’s top team in terms of participation in European competition - since their first continental appearance in the 1965/66 European Cup Winners’ Cup, the Troillongan have taken part in more than three decades of UEFA tournaments - famously reaching the quarter finals of the 1996/7 Champions League when they were eliminated by Juventus. But by some strange twist of fate, they have never crossed paths with United in 32 seasons playing in Europe. The two clubs have met before a couple of times in preseason friendlies - the most recent in August 1992 (United won 3-2 in Norway) but never in official competition.

A number of Norwegian players have left their mark at Old Trafford over the years - the most famous of all being Ole Gunnar Solskjaer; others include Henning Berg, Joshua King, Ronny Johnsen and Erik Nevland - none of whom have particularly strong links to Rosenberg.

United also have a friendly against Rangers lined up at Murrayfield on 20 July before the squad flies out to the United States for a ten-day mini-tour. The team will take on Arsenal at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on 27 July, then Spanish side Betis at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego on 31 July