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Manchester United Have More Pitch Problems For Galatasaray Friendly

Manchester United Have More Pitch Problems For Galatasaray Friendly

Jose won't be happy!

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Manchester United have more problems with pre-season pitches ahead of their friendly match with Galatasaray in Gothenburg.

The Red Devils have already had huge issues with the playing surfaces in China, with the Manchester derby showdown with Manchester City in Beijing postponed due to the poor nature of the pitch.

And they appear to be faced with further problems in their next friendly, when they travel to Gothenburg to play against Turkish giants Galatasaray at Ullevi Stadium.

The stadium held a Bruce Springsteen concert just six days ago and the pitch is not in a great state, as you can see in the pictures below:


Clearly, the centre-circle area is a bit of a mess while there's also plenty of patches in the six yard area. It could pose a threat to key United players, if the pitch is as dangerous as it looks.

Mourinho will quite rightly be furious at another terrible playing surface, particularly after flying his United squad 6,000 miles to China for a single fixture, thanks to the postponement of the Manchester derby on 25 July.

Galatasaray will still train on the pitch ahead of tomorrow's game, though United have been training at the AON training complex and will head out to Sweden tomorrow before the fixture, which gets underway at 7:30pm local time.

Not the ideal preparation Mourinho and United want going into a huge 2016/17 campaign.

(h/t the Mirror)

All images via Steve Bates

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Topics: Jose Mourinho, Manchester United, Galatasaray, MUFC, Pre-season