Three radical selection changes Erik ten Hag could make to revitalise Manchester United

Desperate times call for desperate measures and things have got pretty desperate for Manchester United this season.

United have already lost four matches in the Premier League, nearly half the number of defeats suffered last season in less than a quarter of the games. They sit down in 10th with the only negative goal difference in the top half of the table. It's not the progress Erik ten Hag had in mind.

That's not even to mention the abysmal start on their return to the Champions League. A narrow defeat at Bayern Munich is hardly anything to be ashamed of, even if the 4-3 scoreline was very flattering.

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However, a chaotic 3-2 defeat at home to Galatasaray certainly is. Especially when their own mistakes twice threw away the lead and they now sit bottom of the group on zero points.

Anarchy was brewing at Old Trafford before Scott McTominay's brace rescued a win from the jaws of defeat against Brentford but even so it was yet another abject display. It's clear something has to change.

Thankfully, Ten Hag now has a two-week-long international break to go back to the drawing board and devise a plan. There are some radical, perhaps even controversial, decisions he could make to try and revitalise the side.

The first of which is McTominay's role in the side. The midfielder has hardly had one since Ten Hag took charge and looked likely to leave in the summer. His age being the main factor why he was kept and Fred was sold.

But when McTominay has played it's been in a restrictive defensive role that doesn't do his blossoming talents any good. This season he's even deployed on the right which hasn't worked at all.

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