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Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag says he has seen “a whole lot of progress” from his crew throughout their two weeks in Thailand and Australia.

Does he imply progress from the primary day of pre-season coaching on the finish of June? Or progress from that pitiful 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace on the ultimate day of final season, which Ten Hag watched from the Selhurst Park stands.

Whichever – Ten Hag’s arrival has undoubtedly had an impression.

He has been complaining about media being stationed too near the place his gamers had been coaching; and stressing “relaxation is coaching” as a pointer to any United workers who assume down time could be full of non-football actions.

The 52-year-old former Ajax boss is clearly in cost now.

BBC Sport has adopted United on their two-week journey to Thailand and Australia.

Right here, we assess what has occurred. And the problems nonetheless to be confronted forward of the Premier League opener with Brighton at Previous Trafford on 7 August.

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No-nonsense Ten Hag

Early impressions of Ten Hag have been overwhelmingly optimistic within the 4 weeks he is been working along with his gamers.

Whether or not it’s delivering an expletive-laden response to a mis-placed cross in coaching or blowing his whistle to repeat a drill that was not executed to his satisfaction, Ten Hag just isn’t afraid to step in.

“He takes no nonsense,” was the statement of 1 well-placed membership supply, however not in fairly such well mannered phrases.

If gamers are late for coaching or crew conferences, they’re informed their conduct is unacceptable in no unsure method.

Whereas this authority would seem apparent, the way of United’s drift final season instructed messages had been npt being acted on. They’re now.

View extra on twitterGetting probably the most out of Martial

Had Anthony Martial excelled throughout his mortgage spell at Sevilla within the second half of final season, he may not have even been at United now.

As an alternative, Sevilla determined to not take up an possibility on the enigmatic Frenchman, who scored one purpose in 12 video games for the La Liga outfit. And, Martial has excelled on tour, scoring within the first three video games and searching an actual hazard.

There has by no means been any doubt over Martial’s potential. The problem has been consistency of utility. It’s far too early to say whether or not Ten Hag has labored out how Martial ticks.

The United boss says he’s searching for a striker and the problem of Cristiano Ronaldo remains to be to be resolved.

Sancho and Dalot mixture

It’s apparent Ten Hag has been taking a look at numerous mixtures on this journey and to that finish, Jadon Sancho’s partnership with Diogo Dalot on the United proper has appeared very efficient.

His purpose in Perth meant Sancho completed the tour as joint prime scorer with Martial on three. Sancho’s first season at United following his £73m arrival from Borussia Dortmund was not a hit. In Bangkok and Australia there was extra proof of his fast ft and talent to beat an opponent in little or no area.

Dalot seems to be successful the battle with Aaron Wan-Bissaka for the right-back position and whereas his defending nonetheless has flaws, from an offensive perspective the 23-year-old Portuguese is more practical.

Probably, that creates a double menace on the United proper – and extra space for Sancho as Dalot couldn’t be ignored.

The Ronaldo questionView extra on twitter

Midway by way of United’s closing tour recreation in Perth, an image of Ronaldo, naked torso, sporting United shorts, was posted on his Twitter feed. It was appreciated by over 200,000 followers in lower than three hours.

In the identical interval, the most important variety of likes United acquired for his or her match protection was round 14,000, for Sancho’s opening purpose.

Ronaldo’s potential to draw consideration is usually far larger than the membership he performs for and the spectre of the five-time Ballon D’Or winner has adopted United all through their two-week journey regardless that nothing materially has modified across the Premier League’s finest paid participant.

The 37-year-old is but to report for coaching attributable to a household problem and he nonetheless needs to affix a Champions League certified membership. Hyperlinks have continued to seem – Atletico Madrid is the newest – however Ten Hag continues to say he expects Ronaldo to return.

Nonetheless, there was a refined change of emphasis in his information convention on Friday. Ten Hag mentioned it was “important” United signed a striker. If there was watertight confidence Ronaldo was coming again, the necessity wouldn’t look like so vital.

De Jong wait goes on

The opposite title that has not gone away is that of Frenkie de Jong.

The Dutch midfielder went on Barcelona’s pre-season tour of the US and it now appears apparent that if that deal is to be executed, it is not going to be till a lot nearer the 1 September switch deadline.

That would go away United with 5 Premier League matches to play at the least with out the midfield addition Ten Hag needs above anybody else. He has already mentioned if he cannot get the participant he needs, he’ll mould one from his present squad.

The indications up to now are that particular person is Fred, who has power and enthusiasm, in addition to being a optimistic affect on the dressing room, however has by no means proven the flexibility to dictate the tempo of a recreation, which is what Ten Hag is searching for.

But, with Christian Eriksen’s calming affect to name on and Ten Hag’s managerial talents, it’s doable United can discover a mixture that at the least makes them aggressive – and put them in a greater place to draw higher gamers in 12 months’ time.

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