Manchester United face two Premier League rivals in US this summer

Manchester United are returning to the United States this summer for their 2024 pre-season tour. It will be the club’s second consecutive year visiting America.

We now know that two of the matches will see United face Premier League rivals Arsenal and Liverpool.

United take on Arsenal in Los Angeles, and Liverpool in Columbia, South Carolina.

It goes without saying that these tours present a golden opportunity for fans across the globe to see their favourite footballers up close, however, it usually comes at an expensive cost.

Speaking about the upcoming tour of the US, football director John Murtough told ManUtd.com: “We had an incredible time during last year’s visit to the US and we are pleased to be returning with the men’s team to prepare for the 2024/25 season.

“The popularity of English football is continuously growing in the US, and we’ve come to expect passionate and enthusiastic support from our US fan base. They didn’t disappoint last year and everyone at the club is looking forward to reconnecting with those fans again this summer.

“Having secured some of the best sporting facilities the US has to offer, the club will create the optimum environment for the team to reconnect after their summer break, and work on match fitness before the start of the Premier League season. The quality of opponents lined up to play is at the highest level, giving the players an opportunity to gain valuable playing time, and for fans to see some of the most famous teams in world football playing live.

“As is the club’s tradition during pre-season, we’re expecting this tour to not only help prepare our first-team players, but also give some of our exciting up-and-coming Academy talent the opportunity to experience training and playing within a first-team environment at some of the most impressive and historical US stadiums.”

Last summer, the Reds played four pre-season friendlies across four different states.

Tickets for the friendlies against Arsenal and Liverpool go on pre-sale on Monday 26 February and general sale on Tuesday 27 February.

More fixtures will be added to this year’s pre-season schedule in due course.

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