Manchester United will play La Liga side Real Betis in their second friendly during a winter training camp in Spain to be held in December.
Erik ten Hag's side will jet off to Andalucia for a week of warm-weather training during the World Cup and they will play Real Betis on Saturday, December 10 (6pm) at the Estadio Benito Villamarín in Seville.
United have already confirmed they will face Cadiz CF on Wednesday, December 7, with both matches coming during a training camp that will be based in Cadiz.
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Ten Hag will use that camp to get his players ready for the restart of the Premier League season, with United back in action after a six-week lay-off on December 27.
The players involved in the World Cup are unlikely to be available for the games and the squad will be boosted by a number of academy graduates who will make the trip.
“We’re pleased to have lined up another match against high-quality local opposition during our stay in southern Spain," said football director John Murtough.
"These matches will help ensure that our whole squad is prepared for the resumption of club football after the World Cup, as we look to maintain our positive momentum into the second half of the season.
"The week-long training camp and matches against Cadiz CF and Real Betis Balompié will also provide an opportunity for some of our younger players to experience what it is like to train within a first-team environment as well as play against two competitive La Liga sides.”
United's season takes a break after the trip to Fulham on Sunday, November 13, but Ten Hag has confirmed he will keep those players not going to the World Cup in training for the first week.
“It’s a strange season. It’s not like usual as we have a World Cup but also players will stay behind," aid Ten Hag.
"We have to train them during those six weeks and we have to give them the right programme so they stay in the right fitness levels, but also they stay in the right shape and also in the team style.
“We made a programme to do that, as optimum as possible. So, we will train here [at Carrington] for one week, or eight or nine days, and then we will have a short break. Then we will train and go to Spain for a training camp for one week.
“There, we can train proper. We have good opponents over there so we can get the game practice in as well. Then we will return, ready for the second stage of the season, I would say, but a long stage, longer than usual.”
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