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For once, Manchester United do not seem like the kind of team who are desperately counting down the days to the start of a transfer window.

In recent years, United have looked a mess with several areas of pitch in desperate need of improvement, mid-season. This time last year, we had just seen the Reds draw at Fenerbahce in the Europa League as they continued their simultaneously unbeaten and winless start to that competition and we were less than a week away from the West Ham defeat that ended Sir Jim Ratcliffe's patience with Erik ten Hag .

Fast forward 12 months and not everything is perfect at United, there is an acceptance that the recovery will take time but at least we are starting to see some green shoots of hope. Yes, the midfield needs a major overhaul bu

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