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Man United Confidential: Extreme weather threatens to blow pre-season plans off course, Lord Coe looks to drum up investment in £2bn Old Trafford rebuild, and a date is set for Carrington's reopening

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Thunderstorms wreaked havoc during the recent Club World Cup in the US, forcing a number of games to be delayed or even postponed, and they threatened to blow Manchester United off course on pre-season tour here as well.

Ruben Amorim and his players avoided a torrential storm after training in Chicago on Thursday, but more wild weather across the eastern US forced United’s flight from the city’s O’Hare International Airport to New York to be delayed by two hours on Friday evening.

United touched down in White Plains just before 10pm and transferred to their hotel in New Jersey ahead of Saturday’s opening tour game against West Ham at the MetLife Stadium.