Manchester United to step up fitness with warm-up friendly vs West Brom

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Manchester United are stepping up their return to full fitness with a warm-up game against West Brom.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is finalising details with the Championship side over a match this week.

United took part in a training match at Old Trafford over the weekend, with Solskjaer splitting his squad into two teams.

The Norwegian has a fully fit squad to choose from ahead of the restart, with Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford both recovering from long-term injuries.

United face Tottenham away on June 19 – their first game since beating LASK 5-0 in the Europa League on March 12.

In Pictures | Manchester United training at Old Trafford | 06/06/2020

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Solskjaer said: “We’ve been looking forward to these games for ages really.

“It does make it feel like ‘yes, we’re here soon.’

“Everyone knows that we will have to be at our best, have to be focused (against Tottenham). We know it’s a big game for everyone.

"We had Chelsea when we started the league this season so I’m confident that our players can go into the Tottenham game with that mentality of going there to play a very good game of football.”

He added on MUTV: “Now the rules have changed, we can use five subs and have nine on the bench. I think that’s helpful because footballers, after being out for so long, going into competitive games will be a challenge for them and we have to look after them injury-wise and fitness-wise.

"We can’t just flog one player and say to them, ‘you play every game and every minute’ because it might be a period when we have to rotate quite often.”

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