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Manchester United are returning to the USA for his or her pre-season for the second yr in a row and the fixture record is starting to take form.
Simply weeks after their headline fixture within the States, vs Liverpool, was confirmed, the venue for a similar has now been determined.
The Williams-Brice Stadium in South Carolina will host the marquee fixture between the 2 historic rivals on August 3.
The stadium befits the sport, with its capability of 77,559 exceeding the capability of each Previous Trafford and Anfield.
United’s fixtures within the USA normally promote like hotcakes because the American fan solely will get the possibility to see the workforce stay as soon as yearly, which is in pre-season.
The pre-sale for this fixture will begin on February 26 at 9 AM Japanese Time and common tickets will go on sale at 9 AM Japanese Time on February 27.
Apart from Liverpool, United are additionally confirmed to face Arsenal within the USA and a few European groups would undoubtedly be on the agenda too.
Final yr, they confronted Actual Madrid in a marquee conflict and their video games towards Los Blancos have usually been record-setting by way of attendance.
United’s pre-season this yr can be an additional enticing proposition, as this is able to be the primary time they start a season underneath new possession, not less than from a sporting sense.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has already been making strikes off the pitch and one can presume that by the point August 3 rolls round, United may look so much totally different on the pitch too.
Mix that with Liverpool additionally having a brand new supervisor by then, and it has all of the makings of a sport that may very well be the appetiser to a brand new period kicking off at each golf equipment.
Nevertheless, earlier than that Erik ten Hag has a job on his fingers to get United to complete sturdy this season amid an damage disaster that threatens their late run to a possible Champions League place for subsequent season.
