Manchester United head to Belgium for Club Bruges.

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Bastian Schweinsteiger (left) posted this picture with Morgan Schneiderlin (right) from the plane to Bruges

Manchester United's players and staff are on their way to Belgium as they prepare to take on Club Bruges on Wednesday at the Jan Breydel Stadion for their Champions League qualification play-off second leg.

Wayne Rooney carries his suitcase to Manchester AirportLVG's men drew 0-0 at home to Newcastle United at the weekend
Captain Wayne Rooney and manager Louis van Gaal were pictured leading their team off their coach and through Manchester Airport, while goalkeeper David de Gea was conspicuous by his absence.

Meanwhile, after infamously touching down in Barcelona last week as he looked to complete the signing of Pedro, before the winger dramatically joined Chelsea, United's chief executive Ed Woodward also boarded the flight. Luke Shaw (left) and Memphis Depay (right) have become good friends at United

UNITED'S 18-MAN BRUGES SQUAD 

Sergio Romero, Sam Johnstone; Daley Blind, Matteo Darmian, Paddy McNair, Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling; Michael Carrick, Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, Juan Mata, Morgan Schneiderlin, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Ashley Young; Memphis Depay, Javier Hernandez, Adnan Januzaj, Wayne Rooney. 


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