Manchester United’s revival under Erik ten Hag is going great guns with the current crop of players mustering a cohesion that has been longed for since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement.
But while the wheels are turning within the present first-team ranks, the manager will be keeping one eye on the future as the rebuild project chugs along. It will take a number of years for United to reincarnate themselves into consistent challengers once again.
This quest becomes muddied by Newcastle’s cash-boosted rocketing rise that has developed at a faster rate of knots than Manchester City managed to achieve. But Arsenal’s exploits this season show it can be done, and it can be done with younger players.
