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‘We can get fitter’ - Solskjaer speaks on United’s Dubai trip

Manchester United caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes his squad can use their upcoming trip to Dubai to work on a number of areas, including fitness.

The Red Devils have an eight-day gap with any matches after they host Reading in the FA Cup on Saturday, and Solskjaer believes a mid-season warm-weather training camp is the ideal way to sort out a number of the squad’s weaknesses.

“We can get fitter and we have to do that through the training sessions here,” the former United striker admitted in his pre-match press conference, “but Dubai is a good chance because now is the first time we get a week of work together.