Manchester United face Rosenborg in a pre-season friendly and the sides last met in Norway in 2024.
A lot has changed at Manchester United since the 1-0 defeat to Rosenborg in 2024 pre-season.
The two sides will meet again on Friday, July 24, with Michael Carrick now in charge of the Red Devils for the friendly clash.
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Two years ago, it was Erik ten Hag who flew his United squad out to Trondheim to face Rosenborg.
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Manchester United’s XI vs Rosenborg in 2024
In 2024, the friendly against Rosenborg was the first of the summer pre-season plans, and United looked incredibly rusty against a side who were halfway through their season.
Because of Euro 2024, Ten Hag had limited options to choose from. This summer, Carrick will have the same issue because of the 2026 World Cup.
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Including substitutions made in that game, here are the 11 players who faced Rosenborg who are still on United’s books in 2026:
Radek Vitek
Mason Mount
Marcus Rashford
Ethan Wheatley
Ethan Williams
Habeeb Ogunneye
Harry Amass
Toby Collyer
James Scanlon
Jack Fletcher
Ethan Ennis
Many of those names can expect to be involved in Friday’s friendly against Rosenborg two years on from the first clash.
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Out of that list, only Mount and Fletcher started in the first pre-season fixture of this summer against Wrexham.
Vitek, Amass, Collyer, Williams and Wheatley did feature against Wrexham as second-half substitutes.
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