Amid all the excitement around Manchester United's potential striking superstar and game-changing goalkeeper, it's easy to overlook the importance of Erik ten Hag's first summer signing.
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Manchester United are preparing to ramp up their pre-season preparations with a doubleheader against Wrexham and Real Madrid.
A young United squad, featuring Jonny Evans, will take to the pitch on Tuesday evening to play the National League champions in an all-American ownership affair. United have announced a squad of 15 players will travel to face Phil Parkinson's men.
The rest of Erik ten Hag's squad will be saved for Thursday night in a Galactico clash with Real Madrid. This will be United's best test in pre-season to date having seen off Leeds United, Lyon and Arsenal in their first three games.
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United trained in California on Monday ahead of the matches this week and here are a few things we noticed.
Ten Hag provided a positive update on the Frenchman in his press conference later that day and Martial indeed trained with the group. Martial sustained six separate injuries last season and played in only 29 out of United's 62 matches and so his fitness has to be carefully managed.
"Of course, when you have a player in your squad you have to expect he is available and the players have to take responsibility to be available but when he is not, I have to deal with the situation and we have shown we can be successful without that striker," Ten Hag said.
"But, of course, it's easier when you have that striker in your team because every club who wins big trophies has scoring abilities in that team.
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