Man United v Wrexham LIVE: New signing Andrey Santos makes debut in first pre-season friendly

“I have big experience, 29 years old and I’m ready to push on and make the next step in my career,” he added. “That’s why this is the perfect club for me.

“They want to win and, hopefully, be really good on the pitch, so that’s why I chose to come here.

“Being in that leadership role has been really good for me. I find myself naturally in that and, hopefully, I can bring that into the team.”

Wrexham XI: Okwonkwo, Thomason, Scarr, Doyle, Vyner, James, James, O’Brien, Broadhead, Cadamarteri, Smith

Man United XI: Heaton, Yoro, Heaven, Maguire (c), Shaw, Santos, J. Fletcher, Mount, Mbeumo, Zirkzee, Dorgu

“I think it’s a great step up for myself. The club is in a great place, and I feel like there is a lot of ambition inside the club,” he said, in his signing interview.

“Inside the team, there’s a lot of quality and I feel like this is a good step for me to push on and hopefully win many, many titles with the club.

“I’m very happy and very excited to start, and to meet my team-mates and be on the pitch together.”

“Michael has done an excellent job and thoroughly earned the opportunity to continue as head coach of our men’s team,” director of football Jason Wilcox. “The hard work continues behind the scenes to prepare his first-team squad for next season. We can all be proud of the winning culture that is developing at Carrington as we continue to build a talented and determined group of players ready to compete across all four competitions.

“You can sense the anticipation across the club for another exciting season ahead. I hope that you are all also looking forward to the return of special European nights for our men’s team at Old Trafford.

“On behalf of everyone at the club I am grateful for the opportunity to directly thank you for your unwavering support, the importance of which certainly does not go unnoticed or underappreciated.

“We remain hugely ambitious, and our burning desire for every Manchester United team to compete for the biggest honours continues to drive us forward.”

• Andrey Santos, from Chelsea – £47.6m
• Youri Tielemans, from Aston Villa – £34.9m
• Karl Darlow, free transfer
• Marcus Rashford, end of loan to Barcelona

Goalkeepers: Tom Heaton, Radek Vitek, Dermot Mee.

Defenders: Harry Maguire, Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu, Leny Yoro, Luke Shaw, Ayden Heaven, Harry Amass, Jaydan Kamason, Dan Armer.

Midfielders: Mason Mount, Andrey Santos, Jack Fletcher, Tyler Fletcher, Toby Collyer, Dan Gore, Jacob Devaney, Jim Thwaites.

Forwards: Joshua Zirkzee, Bryan Mbeumo, Chido Obi, Ethan Wheatley, Shea Lacey, Ethan Williams.

Michael Carrick has got to work now, a first full Manchester United season in charge.

But the United boss enjoyed a trip to Wimbledon earlier this month.

Starting XI: Vitek; Kamason, Maguire, Heaven, Shaw; Santos, Mount; Mbeumo, Fletcher, Lacey; Zirkzee

JJ Gabriel has not travelled with Man United, nor has Benjamin Sesko, who is still not fully fit after his 2025/26 season was cut short due to injury. Manuel Ugarte is also still out injured, so will not feature here.

Furthermore, several players are still absent due to their involvement in the World Cup knockout stages, including finalist Lisandro Martinez, new signing Youri Tielemans, Bruno Fernandes, Diogo Dalot, Matheus Cunha, Noussair Mazraoui, Altay Bayindir, Amad Diallo and Senne Lammens.

Yet Andrey Santos, who just joined the club from Chelsea, could feature after being pictured in training.