New pictures as Manchester United train 11v11 in Old Trafford friendly before Premier League restart

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Tom Doyle6 June 2020

Bruno Fernandes and more Manchester United stars were back in action at Old Trafford today in an 11v11 session in full kits.

United are stepping up their preparations for the restart of the Premier League season, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side set to face Tottenham on Friday, June 19 in north London.

Solskjaer followed Jose Mourinho's lead with Spurs taking to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium pitch on Friday for an intra-squad friendly, with Harry Kane back in action.

Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes appeared to be pitted against each other, with the former arriving by car at Old Trafford in United's away kit while the latter turned up in the Red Devils' home strip.

Following United's return to the Theatre of Dreams, Nemanja Matic was the first United player to take to social media.

Matic posted a picture of himself (in United's home strip) on Instagram playing at Old Trafford with Jesse Lingard in the background, with the message: "Nice to be back at #oldtrafford" - and the club soon followed up with a string of photos showing Fernandes, David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and more in action.

Solskjaer intends to utilise his full squad once the season resumes, with the Premier League approving five substitutions per match from a bench of nine players.

Solskjaer told United's website: "Now the rules have changed, we can use five subs and have nine on the bench. I think that’s helpful because footballers, after being out for so long, going into competitive games will be a challenge for them and we have to look after them injury-wise and fitness-wise.

"We can’t just flog one player and say to them, ‘you play every game and every minute’ because it might be a period when we have to rotate quite often.”

More to follow.

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