Sir Alex Ferguson will have a strong squad at his disposal on Saturday, when he names the line-up for United's first Asia Tour match against Malaysian XI.
All bar two of the 22 players on board the flight from Manchester to Kuala Lumpur are full internationals, the exceptions being Brazilian left-back Fabio da Silva and Italian striker Federico Macheda.
New signing Michael Owen is in contention for his first appearance in a United shirt, having joined fellow strikers Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and young Macheda on the plane.
Travelling squad: Edwin van der Sar, Tomasz Kuszczak, Ben Foster; Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Wes Brown, John O’Shea, Fabio da Silva; Nani, Zoran Tosic, Darren Fletcher, Anderson, Darron Gibson, Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, Ryan Giggs; Michael Owen, Dimitar Berbatov, Federico Macheda, Wayne Rooney.
Live blog: ManUtd.com's Nick Coppack is among the staff on the trip and he'll be publishing regular updates, complete with video clips and stills from his shiny new digital camera, following his arrival in Kuala Lumpur on Friday morning UK time.
Live coverage: Saturday's match (kick-off 10:30 BST) will be the first of seven pre-season games being shown live on MUTV and MUTV Online.
Message board: From the above squad, which eleven would you start with in Malaysia on Saturday? Post your team and a brief explanation on manutd.com/talkingreds.
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