Setting the scene: United travel to Scandinavia with Jose Mourinho keen for the Reds to hone match sharpness ahead of the new season, particularly after Monday’s Manchester derby in Beijing was disappointingly cancelled at late notice due to extreme weather conditions in the Chinese capital.
Team news: The squad has been boosted since the trip to China by the addition of several players who were rested following their participation at Euro 2016 - including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Anthony Martial, Morgan Schneiderlin, Marouane Fellaini and Matteo Darmian. See our separate news story for the confirmed 23-man travelling party.
Story of their season: The 2015/16 campaign was something of a mixed bag for Galatasaray after the Turkish giants disappointingly finished sixth in the Super Lig and exiting the Champions League at the group stage, finishing third behind eventual finalists Atletico Madrid as well as Benfica. They were then knocked out of the Europa League by Italian side Lazio in the Round of 32, but managed to lift a trophy with their 1-0 Turkish Cup final victory over Robin van Persie’s Fenerbahce.
Who's their star man? Consider one of the longest-running transfer sagas of recent history and Wesley Sneijder’s reported move to United will surely come to mind. The Dutch midfielder was continually linked with the Reds throughout the latter stages of Sir Alex Ferguson’s reign, so much so that you couldn’t escape his name in the British press for months, yet the move never came to fruition and he later joined Galatasaray in 2013. He’s now their biggest name, along with Lukas Podolski, and the 33-year-old will likely face off against his former Inter Milan manager Mourinho in this friendly.
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