If the bibs came out on the first day of pre-season at Carrington on Monday then let's hope the Manchester United players paid attention to putting them away again. This was the first day of the Erik ten Hag era at United and the first chance for the Dutchman to introduce himself to his new players, or some of them at least.
The full squad won't be back together until next week but those who didn't feature in internationals were back on Monday, an early pre-season return in a season of unprecedented length and complexity thanks to the winter World Cup. But if those players back at Carrington were expecting to ease their way back in, they might have been disappointed given Ten Hag 's approach at his previous clubs.
For the 52-year-old, this is the start of the biggest job of his life. The culmination of a coaching journey that began with his first managerial job, at Go Ahead Eagles a decade ago.
