Kobbie Mainoo and Rhys Bennett trained with Manchester United's first-team on Thursday afternoon.

Mainoo, 17, and Bennett, 19, who won the FA Youth Cup with the Under-18s last season, were both absent from the Under-21s' match against Bolton in the Papa John's Trophy on Tuesday, as they trained with Erik ten Hag's first-team this week, says the Manchester Evening News.

United drew 1-1 with Everton in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Carrington on Wednesday and it's possible that Mainoo and Bennett played in that match.

Mainoo played against Cadiz CF and Real Betis in Spain last week and Bennett made an appearance against the latter. Teden Mengi sustained an injury in the 20th minute against Betis and centre-back Bennett was substituted on to replace him.

There was also a return to the training pitch for Axel Tuanzebe, who has been out with an injury all season after returning from Napoli on loan. The defender did not travel to Spain last week, as he was completing a personal training programme.