Manchester\nUnited have scrapped plans for a training camp in the Gulf region during next\nmonth’s winter break because of security concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
United\ndo not play for 16 days between Premier League ties against Wolves on 1\nFebruary and at Chelsea on 17 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Manager\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer plans to give his squad a few days off before going away\nfor a training camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While\nthe destination had not been decided, Qatar and Dubai would have been near the\ntop of United’s list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\nJanuary last year, Solskjaer took his squad to Dubai in the United Arab\nEmirates and sent some of his players there again in November during an\ninternational break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
United\nhave also previously used the Aspire Academy in Qatar’s capital Doha for a\nwinter training camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\nhas been a rise in tensions in the region after senior Iranian commander Qasem\nSoleimani was killed in a US air strike in Baghdad and a Ukrainian\nInternational Airlines plane was accidentally shot down in Tehran, killing all\n176 passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solskjaer\nhas decided to keep his squad in Europe, most likely Spain or Portugal, to\nprepare for the rest of their campaign, which includes a Europa League last-32\nmeeting with Belgian side Club Bruges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When\nasked if United’s plans had changed, Solskjaer said: “Yes, there are\nthings that worry me more than football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We\nwere looking at the Middle East but that is definitely not going to happen. We\nwill stay in Europe.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nlatest Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice for Qatar is that tourists\nshould “remain vigilant” amid a “heightened threat of terrorist\nattacks globally against UK interests and British nationals”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Manchester United have scrapped plans for a training camp in the Gulf region during next month’s winter break because of security concerns. United do not play for 16 days between Premier League ties against Wolves on 1 February and at Chelsea on 17 February. Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer plans to give his squad a few […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":13282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n