Steak dinners, extra training sessions and more - how Manchester United signings have settled in

No billboard was required to welcome Christian Eriksen to Manchester. The first time Eriksen surfaced in the city as a United player he was clutching an umbrella as he strolled down Deansgate.

An umbrella and a temporary stay at The Lowry has become a rite of passage for any new United signing and Eriksen, their oldest outfield arrival in the summer, was the designated driver for two other incomings in his first week at the club.

Eriksen ferried Lisandro Martinez and Tyrell Malacia to Carrington for some training sessions but his teammates now have the keys to their own vehicles. Eriksen has since reverted from a familial Audi Q7 to his sporty Porsche.

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Yesteryear, United encouraged players to move out of Manchester city centre, away from any prying eyes. Jose Mourinho stubbornly resisted despite an intrusive evening walking from The Lowry Hotel to a restaurant five minutes away

A fan took a selfie with Mourinho on Trinity Bridge without warning and the United manager was soon accosted by another citizen while restauranteurs beckoned him in, all while paparazzi tailed him.

Flanked by backroom staff members Rui Faria, Silvino Louro, Carlos Lalin, Giovanni Cera, Emilio Alvarez, the sextet entered Argentinian restaurant Gaucho but soon left before eventually settling in Anderson's favourite haunt, Bem Brasil. Unlike Mourinho, who resided at The Lowry for two-and-a-half years, Alvarez did head out to Hale and was such a prolific presence in the village he was dubbed 'the King of Hale'.

Daley Blind, 24 at the time he moved to Manchester from Amsterdam, ignored the cautious advice to stay in an apartment during his four years at United as he and his