United will not be pursuing any of the triallist defenders from mainland Europe that have spent the last few days training at Shirecliffe.

All four played some part in Saturday's first friendly at Mansfield and afterwards Kevin Blackwell confirmed the decision:

"We shall not be continuing with them and they will not be joining us in Malta next week. They trained well and didn't let themselves down in the game but we don't really think they are better than what we already have."

The squad will fly to the Mediterranean island on Monday evening, returning on Saturday, and the United manager revealed that a Polish full-back will join them there on trial.