In some respects, it is difficult to recognise this Manchester United side when you consider the one that ended the 2021/22 campaign.
Erik ten Hag watched on from the stands as United slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace on the last day of the season. The starting line-up at Selhurst Park that day has changed dramatically in the months that have followed.
Plenty of the old guard who experienced disappointment after disappointment since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson have now left the Theatre of Dreams along with Ralf Rangnick, whose meek managerial style scuppered any chance of him taking up an advisory role for the 2022/23 campaign.
As his first port of call, Ten Hag set to work building a backroom team that he trusted and the results are beginning to show. ALSO READ: Evra praises three key Ten Hag decisions Of course, it has not all been sunshine and rainbows in the four months since his first press conference at Old Trafford.