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Manchester United will face club legend Wayne Rooney's Derby County in the first of four games in pre-season leading up to the new Premier League campaign.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men also play another Championship side in Queens Park Rangers six days later on 24 July, before meeting newly-promoted Brentford and Everton in late July and early August.
Last season's Premier League and Europa League runners-up then kick off the new season against Leeds on home soil on the either 14 or 15 August.
Manchester United will face Wayne Rooney's Derby County in one of four pre-season games
Rooney is United's all-time record goalscorer but now manages the Rams in the Championship
A week-long training camp in the UK is planned between facing the Rams and Rooney - who is United's all-time top scorer with 253 goals - and QPR, while they will face the Premier League duo on home soil at Old Trafford.
'This year's pre-season schedule has been planned with the current travel restrictions in mind, whilst providing Ole and the players with the best possible preparations for the new season,' United chief operating officer Collette Roche said.
'Playing two pre-season matches at Old Trafford will also give us another opportunity to welcome fans back safely into the stadium ahead of the new Premier League season.'
There however is no room in the pre-season calendar for two pre-season friendlies against arch rivals Liverpool.
