New Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag assembled a 28-man training squad on their first day of pre-season.
Ten Hag, who arrived at United's Carrington training complex at 8am for his first day on Monday morning, had to draft in a surfeit of under-21 players to offset the absence of several senior internationals.
Ten of the 28 squad members were players who had returned from loan spells, among them Donny van de Beek and Anthony Martial.
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Van de Beek was the only senior midfielder available to Ten Hag, who rounded out his midfield options with Charlie Savage, Zidane Iqbal, Ethan Galbraith and Charlie Wellens. Savage, Iqbal and Galbraith have each made one substitute appearance for the United first-team.
Eighteen of the players emerged from the United academy, with the 17-year-old Alejandro Garnacho the youngest squad member. Garnacho, who turns 18 on Friday, returned to pre-season early as he attempts to earn a place in Ten Hag's pre-season tour squad.
Garnacho and Alvaro Fernandez, 19, appear to have received new squad numbers, having ended last season in the first-team squad. Garnacho made his debut against Chelsea in April and Fernandez was an unused substitute on four occasions.
Dean Henderson was absent as he prepares to complete a season-long loan move to Nottingham Forest. The 25-year-old has provisionally agreed to the move and will have to undergo a medical.
United training squad:
Goalkeepers: De Gea, Heaton, Kovar, Bishop
Defenders: Laird, Wan-Bissaka, Tuanzebe, Lindelof, Bernard, Jones, Hardley, Fish, Williams, Shaw, Fernandez
Midfielders: Van de Beek, Galbraith, Savage, Wellens, Iqbal
Forwards: Chong, Sancho, Martial, Rashford, Amad, Shoretire, Garnacho, Emeran
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