Reds on World Cup duty

United's season may have ended more than a week ago but the onset of international football means there’s no let up for many of the players this weekend.

Carlos Tevez, for example, is in Argentina's squad to face Colombia and Ecuador in the qualifiers. He could feature in the same eleven as ex-Reds Gabriel Heinze and Juan Sebastian Veron plus Champions League final foe Lionel Messi.

Also in South America, Anderson has been included in Carlos Dunga’s squad for Brazil’s two World Cup qualifiers and the Confederations Cup to follow.

The England squad in Kazakhstan features two Reds - Wayne Rooney will presumably revel in playing a free role up front, while Gary Neville would bring considerable experience to a back four shorn of Rio Ferdinand. The injured Rio has been replaced in the party by Bolton's Gary Cahill; also absent is Michael Carrick due to a foot problem.

Promising young United midfielder Corry Evans is due to make his first appearance for Northern Ireland, in the same side as his brother Jonny. Nigel Worthington's team will take on Italy in a friendly in picturesque Pisa.

Meanwhile the Republic of Ireland should have John O'Shea in their side to face Dimitar Berbatov's Bulgaria. However, Darron Gibson has been ruled out

Valencia coming to OT

United will face Valencia in a pre-season friendly ahead of the 2009/10 campaign.

The La Liga side, which currently boasts the likes of Spanish internationals David Villa and David Silva, will travel to Old Trafford on Wednesday, 5 August, for a game which will kick off at 20:00 BST.

United have faced Valencia six times before in competitive matches, with Old Trafford hosting the most recent meeting in February 2001, a 1-1 Champions League draw.

The friendly will follow July's four-game Asia Tour and two matches in Munich for the Audi Cup, and will set Sir Alex Ferguson's side up for the Community Shield clash with Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday 9 August.

Ticket information will be announced in Ticket News on ManUtd.com in due course.

Summer qualifiers for Reds

The season may be over, but a number of Reds will be in international action over the coming weeks before heading off on their summer holidays.

United have four representatives in the England squad for the World Cup qualifiers with Kazakhstan and Andorra. Gary Neville has been recalled by Fabio Capello, while Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney are also included.

Meanwhile, strikers Danny Welbeck and Fraizer Campbell, as well as goalkeeper Tom Heaton, who spent the season on loan at Cardiff, have been named in Stuart Pearce's squad for the Under-21 European Championships in June. Federico Macheda has been picked in Italy's provisional squad for the tournament in Sweden with Zoran Tosic included in Serbia's squad.

Nemanja Vidic is named in the Serbian senior team for the World Cup qualifiers at home to Austria and away to the Faroe Islands, while John O'Shea and Darron Gibson are in the Republic of Ireland squad for the qualifier away to Dimitar Berbatov's Bulgarian side on 6 June.

On the same night, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani travel with Portugal for the qualifier in Albania, while Carlos Tevez's Argentina take on Colombia in Buenos Aires, before a trip to Ecuador four days later.

It looks like being a busy summer for Ji-sung Park who is likely to be involved in all three of South Korea's qualifiers against United Arab Emirates (6 June), Saudi Arabia (10 June) and Iran (17 June).