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Manchester United have confirmed that the U21s will tackle Rochdale in a pre-season pleasant.
The assembly, which is able to happen on Saturday 2nd August, is the primary pre-season match to be confirmed for the U21s.
Going down at Rochdale’s Crown Oil Area, tickets are priced at £10 for adults and £5 for concessions.
United additionally confirmed by means of the official website that “extra particulars on the pre-season schedule might be confirmed sooner or later.”
The 2 sides met final season within the Nationwide League Cup the place Travis Binnion’s U21s got here out 1-0 winners.
Amir Ibragimov scored the lone objective within the win and acquired a 7.5 ranking, tied for the very best, in The Peoples Particular person‘s participant scores for the match.
United centre again Jack Kingdon additionally impressed in the course of the match, which subsequently noticed him earn a mortgage to Rochdale in January. He loved a profitable spell making 16 appearances, earlier than just lately leaving United upon the expiry of his contract.
The connection between the 2 golf equipment doesn’t finish there although. Present Rochdale participant Aidan Barlow additionally got here by means of Manchester United’s academy earlier than leaving the membership in 2020.
Barlow just lately signed a contract extension with Rochdale after scoring twice and offering six assists final season for the Nationwide League membership.
The match will present good expertise to United’s kids as Binnion will get used to his new squad as lots of the older U21s transfer on and final season’s U18s transfer up with potential for the likes of Chido Obi to drop again down if they don’t seem to be concerned with the primary staff.
Regardless of a special squad choice, Binnion might be hoping for a repeat of final December’s consequence.
United’s U21s will proceed to obtain senior publicity this summer season, with the staff taking part in within the EFL Trophy once more. They just lately discovered their group stage opponents for a similar.
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