Erik ten Hag has a £98m decision to make on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's transfers at Manchester United

Even in this digitally-charged modern world Erik ten Hag will have been inundated with paperwork upon his first visit to the Carrington training ground and the Manchester United manager will be hoping to be handed one further important document in the coming days.

After being made to wait and wait for his introduction, Ten Hag was posed with a similar delay when it comes to transfer business, yet there is finally set to be a green light in that respect. Frenkie de Jong will sign for United and Ten Hag will gladly take time to savour that confirmation when it comes through.

A dismal season means Ten Hag is starting from ground zero. In this situation, that emphasises what United supporters can look forward to under the Dutchman and - against all odds - he has managed to persuade his former Ajax talisman to sign.

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Okay, so Barcelona might have had something to do with that given their insistence on cashing-in, but this signing represents a coup for United in their current guise. It was a buy they desperately needed in response to high-profile business being struck up elsewhere - not least from across the city at the Etihad Stadium.

Other recruits are needed every bit as much as De Jong and Ten Hag will come to understand that after dusting off his boots and tactics board for a first training session on Monday. It marks a fresh chance for established players and 'flops' to impress and force their way into contention.

It has to be said, though, on their evidence of last term there is work to be done for those who were cast aside by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Ralf Rangnick and Michael Carrick in between. This is a United side in