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Man Utd struggling to organise friendly for Carrick

Manchester United are struggling to organise a bounce game for Michael Carrick.

Carrick is stepping up his recovery from ankle ligament damage and hopes to make the bench for the trip to West Bromwich Albion on Monday.

The Daily Mail says United had hoped to play Carrick in a behind-closed-doors friendly but may have to make do with practice games among themselves.

Only Burnley have come forward so far. They have agreed to play a game at their Gawthorpe training ground on Friday morning, but the timing may not be not ideal for Carrick as it would allow just 72 hours recovery time ahead of the Albion fixture.

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