The Manchester United Under-23s coach is aware it will be a physical test against the Cobblers, but is hoping all the good work in training is going to be put into practice.
With several youngsters on Tour 2018, presented by Aon, there are likely to be opportunities for some of the Under-18s. ”It will be difficult,” he told MUTV. “We’re down to about 16 [players], so there’s an opportunity then for some of the first-years and second-years obviously to come in and get some football with us.
”It’s like everything else. They’ll be gearing up to the season starting.