Tottenham vs Man Utd LIVE: Line-ups confirmed, transfer news latest, pre-season fixtures

TOTTENHAM vs MANCHESTER UNITED

• Romelu Lukaku misses fourth pre-season fixture amid transfer speculation

• Manchester United recorded three wins out of three in Australia and Singapore

• Tottenham got their pre-season campaign off to great start with a 3-2 win over Juventus

• Harry Kane and Paul Pogba set to start with 16 days until Premier League opener

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Smalling, Rojo, Young, McTominay, Andreas Pereira, Pogba, Greenwood, James, Martial

Tottenham XI: Gazzaniga, Walker-Peters, Tanganga, Vertonghen, Georgiou, Winks, Sissoko, Ndombele, Dele, Parrott, Kane.

Where’s Lukaku?

11:45: I think we all know the answer to that question.

Romelu Lukaku is wanted by Inter Milan and has not featured in any of Manchester United’s pre-season fixtures.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, quite pointlessly, still insists the Belgian international sustained an ankle injury during training.

What do you think, he’s off right?

Twitter reaction

Tosin: Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes MUST join this team before August 8. Fact.

McCarthy: Why wouldn’t you start with your best players against Tottenham? That is a shocking line-up.

Ruff: Troy Parrott starting against Manchester United. That’s two pre-season games in a row, the first being against Juventus. Would be amazing if Mauricio Pochettino had him as Harry Kane’s back up this season.

Whoops…

11:35: Don’t ask me why the top picture is Paul Pogba and Gareth Bale.

Something must have gone wrong in the system because it couldn’t possibly be a mistake that I’ve made after a nine-day stint…

Tottenham XI

11:30: Spurs adhering to standard Premier League protocol of announcing their side exactly one hour before kick off. I like your style, lads.

£65million summer signing Tanguy Ndombele makes his first start for the club. Harry Kane also leads the line.

Spurs XI: Gazzaniga, Walker-Peters, Tanganga, Vertonghen, Georgiou, Winks, Sissoko, Ndombele, Dele, Parrott, Kane.

Manchester United XI

11:27: Manchester United have made six changes to the side who beat Inter Milan on Saturday. Headline snippets are that Mason Greenwood and Paul Pogba start.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Smalling, Rojo, Young, McTominay, Andreas Pereira, Pogba, Greenwood, James, Martial.

Subs: Pereira, Romero, Bailly, Dalot, Lindelof, Shaw, Tuanzebe, Fred, Garner, Gomes, Lingard, Mata, Matic, Chong, Rashford.

Wow. Really?!

11:25: Why the exaggerated surprise? Well for starters I wrote it in a transfer blog earlier but mainly It’s because Tottenham are reportedly in talks to sign Juventus star Paulo Dybala!

Yep – the one that plays alongside Lionel Messi for the Argentina national side.

The Evening Standard claim Mauricio Pochettino’s side could break their transfer record, which currently stands at £65million for Tanguy Ndombele, to sign the Argentine.

It’s claimed Juventus value Dybala, 25, at £80million.

Pleasantries

11:20: Solskjaer was impressed by Tottenham during their 3-2 win over Juventus and expects Mauricio Pochettino’s side to challenge for trophies this season.

“I thought they played really well,” Solskjaer said. “They looked strong. Of course, it must have been a difficult summer for some of them as well after losing out in the Champions League final but I’m sure they came back with the same hunger as we do to win trophies.”

Funny how the hostilities between Premier League managers has lessened without Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Tony Pulis and Sam Allardyce in the division.

Bruno Fernandes latest

11:15: While we wait for the sides to be revealed – let’s talk about the longest running transfer saga in history – Bruno Fernandes.

The Portuguese midfielder scored against Liverpool last night. It was a decent hit but Simon Mignolet made Loris Karius look like a world-beater with the spillage.

A goal against United’s Premier League rivals obviously intensified speculation.

But Sky Sports are claiming that a deal for the 24-year-old is unlikely with the gossip being driven from Portugal rather than Old Trafford.

Shang-hot

11:10: I don’t want to keep banging on about the weather – but I will anyway.

It’s 33 degrees in Shanghai, where the time is 6pm. The match will kick off at 7.30pm local time and I’m reliably informed it will be extremely humid and muggy.

Not ideal conditions – never is out there – but a little sticky weather never stopped a football club’s commercial interests…

Hello folks!

11:00: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the International Champions Cup clash between Manchester United vs Tottenham.

Before I start – I’d like to wish everyone in London good luck today.

And for those suffering without Air Conditioning – I’d like to say goodbye, it was nice knowing you.

Boiling hot temperatures throughout the country today and things are starting to sizzle (see what I did there) for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United.

The Red Devils have won three on the bounce against Perth Glory, Leeds and Inter Milan. Looking very positive indeed.

Spurs have also started with a bang when beating Juventus without a host of first-team stars.

Today should be a good BAROMETER of how the duo are progressing before Premier League season.

TRANSFER HEADLINES

• Manchester United are ‘unlikely’ to sign Sporting Lisbon’s Bruno Fernandes

• Tottenham have made contact with Juventus over a deal for forward Paulo Dybala

• Spurs could make club-record £80million bid for the Argentine international

• Real Madrid will accelerate their pursuit of Manchester United star Paul Pogba

• Mauricio Pochettino believes he cops unwarranted flak when Tottenham signings do not work out