United train on first day in Thailand

The flight between Manchester and the south-east Asian city took around 12 hours, meaning the aeroplane checked in to Don Mueang Airport shortly after 10am local time.

With the club in Thailand for the first time since 2013, United’s players and staff were greeted with a warm welcome, as fans packed inside the terminal building and waited outside the team hotel to greet them.

After acclimatising to their new surroundings, Erik ten Hag and his squad left for the STB Academy under leaden skies and when they arrived, the heavens had opened and increased the muggy feeling on an already very humid afternoon.

All 31 members of Erik ten Hag’s squad – 27 outfielders and four goalkeepers – were present…