Manchester United might already have their first disagreement with Erik ten Hag

The starting gun has been fired on a busy few months for Manchester United, with the appointment of a new manager to be followed by a significant upheaval within the squad.

United have been aware that they need to appoint a new manager sooner rather than later so that prospective transfer targets know who they will be playing for next season and it looks like Erik ten Hag will be that man.

The 52-year-old will be tasked with transferring his progressive and attractive style of play at Ajax across to United and he will be busy this summer trying to sign players who fit into that approach.

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United will lose four first-team players on free transfers in a few months and more could follow through the exit door. New arrivals are required in midfield and in attack, at the very least.

Part of the attraction of Ten Hag is that he can fit into a system at Old Trafford that is handing more power to football director John Murtough.

Murtough played a key role in the interim appointment of Ralf Rangnick and the pursuit of a new permanent boss, while he will be active in working on transfers and assessing targets this summer, with United already making progress on bringing new players in.

But once a deal is done with Ten Hag it is inevitable that the Dutchman will have ideas of his own when it comes to shaping the squad and this will be the first major test of how he will fit into the new structure at United.

Having spent five years at Ajax, Ten Hag will have formed a close relationship with some of his players and he will also believe that bringing one or two with him might help assimilate his United players into adapting to his system and ideas.

There is a clear risk in