Reds trio fly out for Dubai training camp
UNITED trio Jesse Lingard, Luke Shaw and Diogo Dalot have flown to Dubai to take part in a warm weather training camp during the Premier League mid-season break.
The Reds have granted their players time off until they leave for their own training camp on Saturday, but that hasn’t stopped the trio from starting the hard work early.
Lingard took to social media yesterday morning to post a short video on his Instagram account of him and his United team-mates undergoing a training session at the Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex.
United are believed to be going to Marbella this weekend, where manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took former club Molde for pre-season training in 2018, though the club have refused to specify where they are travelling to.
January deadline day signing Odion Ighalo is expected to be involved, and speaking at the weekend Solskjaer explained the plans for the winter break.
“They’ll have a week or so off and we’ve got more days [rest] because we’re playing Chelsea on the Monday,” Solskjaer said.
“So we’ll get together on the Saturday and we’ll have a good camp, working on different things.
“Of course, we’ve got a few new players, hopefully we can integrate them into the squad. [The players] have been fantastic. We’ve had to, with all the injuries we’ve had, rely on many of these to maybe play more games than they should, and they’ve been brilliant.
“Yes, we’ve had ups and downs, but it shows that we do miss the injured players so, yeah, it’ll be a nice break and I think it’s about time we had that in England. I think all teams will get their energy levels back.”
■ United will face Wayne Rooney in the FA Cup fifth round after the former Red helped Championship side Derby County beat League Two’s Northampton 4-2 in a fourthround replay. Rooney slotted home Derby’s fourth goal from the penalty spot in the second half. The Rams will host United in the week starting March 2.