Erik ten Hag will inherit a broken dressing room culture beset by internal rivalries, with a level of distrust between the players that has shocked those involved at Manchester United.
Whilst Ralf Rangnick admitted in his press conference of Friday that the team had lacked team spirit, mentality and togetherness, privately there are those at United who judge the situation much more gravely. The low point in a season of fractures came in the run-up to the Manchester derby in March. With a trepidatious trip to the Etihad on the horizon, given United had been so badly beaten at Old Trafford, one player chose that as the time to voice his uncomplimentary thoughts about Harry Maguire to a newspaper.