Erik ten Hag will have newcomers Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui available for Friday’s season opening, just days after signing from Bayern Munich.

However, the manager has expressed concern that his club is not yet ready for the current Premier League campaign.

United begin their season against Fulham at Old Trafford, but Ten Hag says they have had little time to integrate the new players.

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“It’s true, it’s not the pre-season where in five to six weeks you work on a team, it’s very complicated,” the Dutchman said at a press conference on Thursday.

“The USA tour squad, and then we added the players (who had been at) Euros and Copa America and now new signings, and we have to make a team from it.

“That team is not ready, but the league starts and more managers have this problem.

“Still, we have some room, have some principles and we have to make a start. We can’t hide, we have to deal with it.”

Harry Maguire will be in Friday’s team despite missing England’s Euro 2024 campaign to recover from an injury.