MANAGER
Jose Mourinho
STAR MAN
Paul Pogba
LAST SEASON
6th
TOP SCORER
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (17)
KEY INS
Romelu Lukaku (Everton, £90m), Nemanja Matic (Chelsea, £40m), Victor Lindelof (Benfica, £30.7m)
Romelu Lukaku
KEY OUTS
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Released), Wayne Rooney (Everton, free), Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad, £8m)
REASONS TO BE POSITIVE
Lukaku is a like-for-like replacement who should exceed Ibrahimovic’s goal tally and Matic gives Mourinho the midfield anchor he so desperately craves. Pogba should be more consistent in his second season.
REASONS TO BE PESSIMISTIC
Still lack pace and width in attack and Mourinho doesn’t seem happy with summer business; an unhappy Jose rarely makes for a happy club.
ONE TO WATCH
Andreas Pereira is a technically-gifted and versatile midfielder who impressed in pre-season.
Andreas Pereira
EXPECTATION
Champions League football a minimum, title challenge the ultimate. Neither United or Mourinho are used to feeling irrelevant for long in the title race.
REALITY
Still one or two players short of matching Chelsea and possibly Man City but if all their major players produce they will surely be in the title mix.