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Wantaway Lukaku out of United squad for pre-season game

Romelu Lukaku is looking to move to Inter Milan
Romelu Lukaku is looking to move to Inter Milan

Romelu Lukaku has been left out of Manchester United's squad for Tuesday's friendly against Kristiansund in Norway.

Lukaku was with United for their pre-season tour of Australia, Singapore and China, but knocks meant the striker missed all four matches.

Lukaku has been the subject of a failed €60million bid by Inter Milan, with United giving the Serie A giants a deadline to agree a deal.

The Belgian striker is understood to be keen to make the move to Italy.

On Sunday a picture appeared on the 26-year-old's social media accounts of him and his agent Federico Pastorello, accompanied by the message "soon to be continued."

Lukaku's name was then missing from the 26-player travelling party that United announced on their official website on Monday morning ahead of Tuesday's match at Oslo's Ullevaal Stadium. 

Lukaku, who sustained an ankle injury on the tour, trained on his own on the eve of its final match, last week's 2-1 win against Tottenham in Shanghai.

Defender Eric Bailly is also absent from the group heading to Norway after he sustained a knee injury in the win over Spurs.

Tuesday's game in boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's homeland is United's penultimate pre-season fixture, with them subsequently playing AC Milan in Cardiff on Saturday. 

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