Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed the club have decided against travelling to the Middle East in the upcoming 'winter break' due to the rising political tensions in the region.
The decision follows a similar move by the USA national team to cancel a planned training camp in Qatar after Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike in Baghdad earlier this month.
Solskjaer says the club will instead find somewhere in Europe to hold their mid-season recovery camp in February.
"I'm going to give them a few days off, I don't know where the players will scatter around but we will stay in Europe," Solskjaer said.
"Yep (we changed our mind). If there is one thing that worries me, it is not on the football pitch. There are things that will worry me more than the football.
"We were looking at the Middle East but that is definitely not going to happen."
A number of other clubs, including Celtic and Rangers, spent their mid-season breaks across December and January in the Middle East.
Both Old Firm clubs remained in Dubai after the tensions had flared up, while being guided by official advice from the Foreign Office at the time.
kib
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come on to Asmara Eriterea
Vuocmnptz
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Visit Rwanda Beautiful country in the world
Libaitu
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cam in to Namibia beautiful country
Kosaisu
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you come to the smelling coast of the Gambia
tonnynamara45
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u come to Uganda we have nyc food and good atmosphere and nyc pork for those who are not moslems I will take where t bees nyc I tell u no country has nyc food taste than Uganda in African ,any day if your country fool
Bennylamz
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Why they're planning to go there? I don't think middle east is a safe place to go, anything can happen out there.. And it's not beautiful, only people who doesn't knw how sand looks like then perhaps it's worth risking
AweysRashford
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ok the Manchester United please help me to change the home and you can see that the world premier league champions league
AweysRashford
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Dikadelmz
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imagine failing to buy Bruno Ole out Woodward out too
Yedlmnsuy
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could our young players make us proud if we to give them a chance against an epl team?
HusbinHS7
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Any updates on Bruno Fernandez
bukbdektyz
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Tour to nepal
ruybdntuyz
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man u nade finished club ohhh.........failing to get Fernandez......
Enehizena01
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if spending money uselessly n paying no attention to the fans is an art,then man utd is d picasso of it
Bestonwizzy
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What is our business about winter break when You guys can't give us the players we deserve during winter transfer window...
Yambkprtuz
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man utd are too slow in signing players
daheroda8
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The whole team had been taking a break since 2013. Isn't it sufficient??
Karthikitz
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you can talk about all this useless sh** but cannot talk about bruno Fernandes transfer news ?