Five things spotted in Erik ten Hag's first training session at Manchester United

The Erik ten Hag era is officially up and running.

The new Manchester United manager met a number of his players and took training for the first time on Monday, signalling the start of the club's pre-season preparations. Ten Hag arrived at the club's Carrington training ground at around 8am and is understood to have taken his players out onto the training pitches in the afternoon for more than two hours.

It is understood that almost 30 players participated in the session, allowing Ten Hag the opportunity to get to know some of his new colleagues and cast a watchful eye over them. Ten Hag was joined on the training pitches by new assistants Mitchell van der Gaag and Steve McClaren.

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Although some members of the squad are still away on holiday after representing their respective countries earlier this month, several household names attended the first day of pre-season, such as David de Gea, Donny van de Beek, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho. A handful of youngsters also participated in the session, including Alejandro Garnacho, who reported back to Carrington ahead of schedule.

But what exactly happened in Ten Hag's first training session as United manager? Below, MEN Sport has picked out five things that we spotted.

Ask any football manager in the world what the most important aspect of a first training session at a new club is and the chances are they will give you the exact same answer. Ten Hag's first task was getting his players together in a huddle to no doubt run over just some of the things that he is going to expect of them over the course of this pre-season campaign.

As well as using the opportunity to dish out