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The Manchester United squad have touched down in the UK after completing an unbeaten pre-season tour of the US.
New United boss Louis van Gaal led his team out of Manchester airport on Tuesday afternoon as the likes of Wayne Rooney and Phil Jones followed closely behind.After an impressive pre-season, Van Gaal must now decide who has made the grade and earned a place in the Red Devils squad for the forthcoming season.

While in America, Van Gaal's team won the final of an eight-team competition in the early hours of Tuesday morning when they beat Liverpool 3-1 thanks to goals from Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard.

United beat Roma, Inter Milan (on penalties after a 0-0 draw) and Real Madrid en route to the final so Van Gaal is in an optimistic mood ahead of his first season in the Barclays Premier League.

'This will give us momentum, for sure,' the United manager said.

'It's always better to win. First we beat Roma, then we beat Inter Milan with penalties but we were much better, then we beat Madrid and then we had a test against a Premier League team.'

Wayne Rooney also seemed to be pleased with team's pre-season tour as he told the Manchester Evening News: ‘It's been a good few weeks, we've got a new manager who wants us to play a different style of football. We've had to adapt. We've had some good results against top opposition so we can be pleased.

‘I think the system suits the team, not only myself. The manager came in and had a look at the players we've got. He's done what he thinks is best suited for our team.

‘He's a tough manager but he's been great since he came in. He's given us all a different way of looking at football, which we haven't had before.

'It's been great for us and hopefully that will continue.’