New signing made an instant impact to rescue what threatened to be another false start for Erik ten Hag’s side
, but it was a win, it was better than the 1-0 win over Wolves with which they started last season and, perhaps most significantly, it was a victory achieved with a late goal from one of their new signings. And those are the ingredients for optimism.
But it could easily have been very different. For all the warm applause for the four new signings as they were presented before kick-off, new-season optimism stoked by the improbable FA Cup victory in May, Old Trafford remains an uneasy place. Moves to trim around 250 of the club’s 1,000 staff have added to the mood of uncertainty, not helped by other aspects of the Jim Ratcliffe revolution.
Their arrivals at least allowed Ten Hag to field a back four that looked balanced, the Morocco international taking over at right-back.
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