Erik ten Hag's transfer moves are exposing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United shortcomings

November 20, 2021, is a date that Manchester United supporters will never forget.

Despite the fans' hopes for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's premiership, a trip to Vicarage Road in the penultimate month of 2021 proved to be the end of the road for the United legend. 2-0 down at the break, Donny van de Beek's goal looked to have rallied the Reds against Watford.

However, less than 20 minutes later Harry Maguire had been sent off for a second bookable offence and United collapsed. Joao Pedro and Emmanuel Dennis added the gloss to the Hornets' victory.

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Bruno Fernandes' best attempts to shield Solskjaer from the United fans' rage could not prevent the inevitable. The Norwegian was sacked that evening and eventually replaced by Ralf Rangnick.

But it was not until Erik ten Hag's appointment that the work to get the Reds back on track began. Unsurprisingly, it has taken a complete transformation of the team that lost to a soon-to-be relegated side for things to start looking up again at the Theatre of Dreams.

Of the 20 players who made up the squad on that horrible afternoon at Vicarage Road, 15 remain at the club at present. But if you were to take a closer look, only a small percentage are still part of Ten Hag's plans.

David de Gea's future is in doubt and even if he does re-sign he has already been told he would not be a guaranteed starter. Victor Lindelof and Maguire have been replaced by Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane as the starting centre-back duo.

Scott McTominay has been reduced to a bit-part role while the likes of Eric