You could say Erik ten Hag is arriving at Manchester United at an opportune moment, given that the departure of at least six senior players this summer is offering him something of a clean slate.
The 52-year-old will seek to put his own stamp on this squad and that task is made easier by the wave of departures at Old Trafford, with Lee Grant, Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard and Edinson Cavani all leaving on free transfers. They could be followed by the likes of Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Axel Tuanzebe, Phil Jones, Eric Bailly and Anthony Martial, offering Ten Hag plenty of room to manoeuvre when it comes to summer signings.
But United have no plans to make like-for-like signings when it comes to replacing those players, especially the sextet that are out of contract and will officially leave the club at the end of this month.
