Five reasons you should watch United v Leeds

There’s a week to go before Manchester United’s 2025/26 preparations begin in Stockholm, Sweden.

TWO POTENTIAL DEBUTS

Matheus Cunha and Diego Leon have been training at Carrington all week and the new arrivals could be in Ruben Amorim’s thoughts when it comes to his team – whether as starting players or substitutes.

Cunha, who is United’s new no.10, said earlier this week that he was eagerly anticipating his maiden match: “I’m so excited to maybe go and then do everything that I want to do with the shirt and, of course, to go to the locker room and see [for] the first time the shirt there, [that] will be something then.

“I hope I can manage better than I think.”

NEW THREADS FOR REDS

United’s adidas away kit for 2025/26 will be released on Wednesday 16 July, and the players will wear it for the first time at the Strawberry Arena. The design is being kept under wraps for now, but if the second-choice jersey is anything like this campaign’s home design, you can be sure that it will be a head-turner!

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CHANCE TO SEE YOUNGSTERS

The first week of training included plenty of faces from the Reds’ talented Academy and, down the years, the opening match of pre-season has usually provided an opportunity to impress.

With the club’s internationals only reporting back to base on Thursday after the summer break, the meeting with Daniel Farke’s side could see Amorim field more of an experimental line-up than he would do closer to the start of term, when systems and formations are being firmed up before the competitive action begins.

A RIVALRY RENEWED

Meetings with our rivals from over the Pennines have been few and far between over the last two decades. The Whites were a Premier League side between 2020 and 2023, although our first two clashes had to take place behind closed doors, during the Covid-19 pandemic.

We put six past the Yorkshire outfit that season, and nine in total the following term, and these matches usually promise goals galore.

United 5 Leeds United 1 Video

United 5 Leeds United 1

14 August 2021: Bruno Fernandes scores a hat-trick as the Reds run riot on the opening day of the season…

FOUR FIXTURES TO COME

MUTV is the only place where viewers outside of the United States can watch all five of our pre-season games live and in full.

With matches against West Ham, Bournemouth, Everton and Fiorentina to come, there’s plenty to get your teeth stuck into this summer – so why not join us?

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