United fans to welcome exciting new recruit in historic fixture as they aim to kick off pre-season in style

Manchester United open their pre-season account for the 2026-2027 season against Wrexham. The Welsh side have risen to the Championship in recent years after three successive promotions. United finished last season positively with a third-place finish and confirmed Michael Carrick as the new permanent manager of the club. The Red Devils have only played five competitive games against the Red Dragons, winning all five. The last competitive game was a 5-2 win for the Red Devils in the 1995 FA Cup. Here are three storylines for the match to get the blood pumping. Andrey Santos debut United have had a very productive week, bringing in three new signings: Andrey Santos, Karl Darlow and Youri Tielemans. Darlow stayed at Carrington to recover from a minor issue, while Tielemans is on holiday after captaining Belgium at the World Cup. Santos has been training all week with the squad and will likely get at least 45 minutes of action. Last time out Much has changed since United’s last game against Wrexham. It has been over 30 years since the teams’ last competitive outing, but they did face one another in pre-season in 2023 in the United States of America. United sent a youth team to face the then League Two side but were humbled 3-1. Wrexham now find themselves in the second tier, and United’s squad and manager are much changed from the 2023 team. Finland matches United have a long history of popularity in the north of Europe, and Finland is no exception. Nonetheless, whilst they have frequently played in Sweden and Norway over the years, they have not played in Helsinki for a very long time. Today’s match will be the first in over 60 years in the Finnish capital. This was way back in 1965, when United defeated HJK Helsinki 3-2 in Finland. The match will kick off at 16:00 BST at the Helsingin Olympiastadion. Man United vs Wrexham record Games playedMan United winsDrawsWrexham wins 5500 Feature image Eddie Keogh via Getty Images The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Alex Browne Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.