The Erik ten Hag era will get off to a low-key start at Carrington this week, but for some Manchester United players, it is an opportunity to press the reset button and forget about what has come before.
Ten Hag will welcome only around 14 or 15 players to the training ground for the start of pre-season tomorrow, with those involved in June internationals not due back to the following Monday at the earliest. But the 52-year-old Dutchman is ready to get to work at United and he'll have enough players available this week to begin the process of getting them up to speed and ready to go when the new season begins in just under seven weeks.
The two-week pre-season tour in Thailand and Australia will be the crucial period for Ten Hag this summer, a spell when he will have a full squad available and, hopefully, some new signings as well. The concentrated block of training will be vital to getting ideas across ahead of the new campaign.
