If anything new can be thrown at Manchester United this early season then it is that they have tried hard to fix some problems over the summer while ignoring another quite obvious one. Here at Old Trafford, that conversation was played out quite plainly and painfully in the sunshine of a summer’s day.
United have invested in attacking talent to the tune of £200m since last season ended so impotently and desperately in Europa League final defeat to Tottenham in Bilbao.
The early evidence of this game suggests they have bought good players.