The Premier League club did not say which teams it will play as it prepares for the 2016-17 season.
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Per Stone, United are also expected to have a new manager by then, and it could be former Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho, who also happens to have a personal history with Guardiola, per James Robson of the Manchester Evening News.
And the two sides will again do battle on July 25 in Beijing as part of the Chinese version of the International Champions Cup – the first Manchester derby to take place outside of the United Kingdom.
China has more Manchester United fans than any other country, according to the Old Trafford club, with more than 107 million compared to Britain’s population of about 62 million.
United have played there before on tours and all of them seem to have gone well for the club.
“I look back on that preseason with great memories before the 2007-08 season because that was one of the most successful seasons in my career at United and my career as a whole”.
A consortium led by China Media Capital (CMC) Holdings and CITIC Capital agreed in December to take a stake of more than 13 percent in the group that owns Manchester City.
City last visited China on a pre-season tour in 2012.
However, there are no details yet released regarding the matches for the football club.
“We are committed to having a long-term presence in China and to developing football across the country”.
“We are delighted to take part in a tournament with clubs of such quality”, Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke told the club’s official website.
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United, which first played in China in 1975, is sixth in the Premier League.
