Erik ten Hag has helped two Manchester United players prove Roy Keane wrong

If someone were to have asked you what was wrong with Manchester United last season you'd have saved yourself a fair bit of time by instead explaining what was right with the club.

A scattergun approach to transfer business, a fractured dressing room, three different managers and a debate over whether the club's top goalscorer was actually holding them back all contributed towards United recording their lowest points tally of the Premier League era.

As the one-year anniversary of Ralf Rangnick's suggestion that the squad was in need of open-heart surgery draws closer, United look unrecognisable when compared to the team who confirmed yet another trophyless season as early as March 2022.

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Erik ten Hag's arrival was the catalyst for change at Old Trafford. Transfer activity has been measured and properly researched, cracks in the dressing room are no longer an issue, the Dutchman has started to create a path back to the summit of English football and his rules won't be bent to pander to the demands of any individual.

Of course, the period of transition from last season's bonfire of a campaign and this term's refresh hasn't been all smooth sailing. Back-to-back defeats to Brighton and Brentford saw Ten Hag kick off his tenure where Rangnick left off, while the humbling defeats to Manchester City and Liverpool certainly won't be appearing on a DVD in the United Megastore anytime soon.

One of the biggest issues to have plagued United over the past decade has been their inability to improve - and even get the best out of - their players. This is perhaps the most flamboyant of feathers to have been added to Ten Hag's cap since his Old Trafford