YOUR STARTER FOR TEN...

REBUILDING THE SQUAD

PAUL POGBA, Jesse Lingard, Nemanja Matic and Juan Mata will all be leaving when their contracts run out – and they won’t be the only ones.

Cristiano Ronaldo (right) has been criticised this season, but he is one of the few players

Erik ten Hag can rely on, along with keeper

David De Gea and Bruno Fernandes.

Everyone else is fighting for their future. The problem is shifting those who are surplus to requirements and getting in the cash to land new recruits.

ESTABLISHING A PHILOSOPHY

THERE is a lot of talk about ‘Manchester United’s DNA’ – but the phrase has become something of a parody in the nine years since Sir Alex Ferguson left. When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tried to bring back Fergie’s ideals, he eventually found that the game had moved on. But individual brilliance can never make up for the lack of a team ethic.

NO MORE JOBS FOR THE BOYS

DOES anyone know who does what on the technical team at Old Trafford?

Ten Hag will inherit a staff that is bloated and without direction.

The roles of football director John Murtough and technical director Darren Fletcher seem confused.

Ten Hag will bring Mitchell van der Gaag with him from Ajax as his No.2, but must also be given the scope to streamline how the club runs behind the scenes and in the transfer market.