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Manchester United have reversed their decision not to send midfield legend Paddy Crerand on the club's United States tour.

MUTV pundit Crerand, who has followed The Reds on every tour dating back to their Club World Championship participation in Brazil back in 2000, was initially cut from MUTV's staff due to a 'budget issue'.

However, Crerand will travel with United to Seattle as MUTV's co-commentator after the in-house station realised they would be short of numbers.

Louis van Gaal requested United scale back their tour after he blamed the 13,500 miles United clocked up in the States last year on 'commercial activities'.

United will now play San Jose Earthquakes in the 18,000 capacity Avaya Stadium instead of the 63,000-stadium Cal Memorial Stadium in Berkley, California, as was initially planned.

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Such cutbacks led to MUTV drastically reducing their staff levels, only to realise they required more bodies and so Crerand has now been reinstated.

Crerand, 76, has family in San Francisco and will be able to meet his niece in Chicago and nephew in San Francisco.

A relative told M.E.N. Sport Crerand still attends the gym 'three or four times a week' and he only missed United's trip to Yeovil in January due to a cold.

United kick-off their pre-season against Club America in Seattle before they travel to San Jose, take on Barcelona in Santa Clara and round off the tour against paris Saint-Germain in Chicago.

See pictures from United's annual golf day below