Dion Dublin has briefly put himself in Rasmus Højlund’s shoes and is contemplating what life would be like for a centre-forward in the current Manchester United team. “If I was in that United side I’d probably lose a lot of pals on match days because of the way I’d react to players not crossing the ball,

The 39-year-old manager oversaw some drill training before setting up an intra-squad friendly to evaluate the understanding between his players.