It is 21 years since Manchester United arrived for the first time in Chicago after he had left a number of star names at home and had criticized an American audience who did not appreciate that Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates were resting after Euro 2004 and the Copa America or prepared for the Olympic Games in Athens.
Even when a united side with very few big names fought alongside Roy Keane, fought a boring goalless -yielded with Bayern Munich here in Soldier Field, forcing Sir Alex Ferguson to fly in reinforcements for the remaining two games in Philadelphia and New Jersey.
When a considerably stronger united goes back to the Windy City on Tuesday, there will be a number of remarkable absent ones again, but it is safe to say that there is little chance of Alejandro Garnacho, Jadon Sancho Antony or Tyrell Malacia who receives an SOS call from Ruben Amorim.
The United Boss will be happy to leave them behind in Carrington, while United Camp set up in Chicago prior to Saturday's opening match of the Premier League Summer Series against West Ham in New Jersey, a meeting with Bournemouth in Soldier Field and the last tour match against Everton in Atlanta.
With Marcus Rashford already in Barcelona to complete a loan movement to the Nou camp, Amorim clearly thinks it would be too much distraction to have the rest of his 'bomb team' on the journey after they had kept them away from their teammates for the first two weeks of the training for the season and Saturday training with Leeds in Stockholm.
Sancho went to the US and played on tour last summer despite his fall-out with Erik ten Hag, but Amorim wants a clean slate and that is understandable.
He will also be pleased to have Bryan Mbeumo on the plane to Illinois after his relocation of £ 71 million from Brentford continued on Monday evening.
United has devoted more than £ 130 million to the signing of Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha, so that Amorim has the two tailor-made No10s that he wants for his 3-4-2-1 system, and two attackers who have been proven in the Premier League.
The traditions of United are built on exciting Wingers, but Rashford, Sancho, Garnacho and Antony have become an endangered species in Old Trafford this summer. Malacia was now the first signing of the ten HAG era, but does not fit in with the specific requirements to be a left wing under his successor.
Amorim knows what he wants and the United leadership team must be praised to support him in that respect.
Yet there is something that is rather absurd to a club that needs so desperate goals – a problem that is underlined in Stockholm – that freezes so much offensive talent.
Leaving them at home may be better for moral, but it can also cost a fortune this summer. By making it abundantly clear that they are excess to the requirements, the club has seriously endangered their negotiating position on a group of players who were rated at almost £ 350 million at their peak.
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The price of Rashford shot up to £ 100 million not so long ago, but he can become a member of about £ 30 million at Barcelona next summer if his loan is a success. The 27-year-old is supposed to have taken a wage of 15 percent to help the deal to continue with Barca who agrees to pay all his salary.
Garnacho was appreciated at around £ 70 million when Napoli held an approach for him in January, but United would consider offers of about £ 40 million for the Argentina wing player after Amorim had told him to find a new club. The 21-year-old wants to stay in the Premier League and there is interest from Chelsea, Tottenham and Aston Villa.
Antony is the second most expensive player in the history of United after his £ 86 million relocation of Ajax three years ago, but would achieve less than half that with the old Trafford -Hierarchy that offers will probably consider less than £ 40 million.
Although the Brazilian winger was on loan last season under loan from Real Betis, the Spaniards are reluctant to pay more than £ 25 million or £ 50,000 a week to his wages, so another loan spell in Sevilla is a possibility.
Sancho cost £ 73 million from Borussia Dortmund in 2021, but United is struggling to discharge him for a fraction of that price after Chelsea had paid a fine of £ 5 million instead of changing his loan into a permanent transfer of £ 25 million.
With the 25-year-old now in the last 11 months of his contract, and £ 275,000 a week a considerable stumbling block, United may have to consider another loan in the midst of interest from Juventus.
Malacia, who cost £ 14.7 million of Feyenoord when he became the first signing of the ten HAG era, is available after returning a loan saying at PSV Eindhoven.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos would undoubtedly claim that they pay for the excesses of an earlier regime. They prefer to sell players instead of borrowing them where possible, because they look to raise money for more new signing sessions after bringing in Mbeumo and Cunha.
A striker is the next priority, because United works out what to do with Rasmus Hojlund, another player whose value has been halved since he signed £ 72 million from Atalanta two years ago.
Throw in a central midfielder and possibly a keeper, and there will be enough to occupy Amorim's thoughts on Tuesday's flight to Chicago.