Incoming Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has reportedly identified a key concern about the players he’s about to inherit this summer.

The Dutch tactician will be leaving Ajax to take over as Man Utd boss at the end of this season, and the Daily Mirror claim that he’s keen to start pre-season early due to being alarmed by the Red Devils’ fitness levels.

Ten Hag has done impressive work in his time at Ajax, and it seems he’s already working hard to understand what’s gone wrong at Old Trafford, even though he hasn’t even started the job yet.

This kind of attention to detail is what United need after massively letting standards drop this season

It sounds like Erik ten Hag is stamping his authority quickly after becoming Manchester United manager.

If it’s one thing these players don’t deserve, it’s an easy ride under the new boss, because they have thrown the towel in far too many times under previous managers.

It has been reported that Ten Hag has placed his first demand on the United players to return two weeks early for pre-season training.

We’re sure that he is appalling by the lack of respect the players have shown interim manager Ralf Rangnick. That is why he must quickly flush the bad personalities out of the dressing room, which could take time when you consider how bad United’s recruitment policy has been in recent years.

As a modern manager, who pushes his players to press hard against the opposition, you can tell that this will be a rude awakening for some players.

Ten Hag has recently been said to note that the United squad is well off the standard required to survive the rigours of what will be asked of them when he begins work at Old Trafford.

The incoming manager plans to introduce a tough pre-season program to get them up to speed before the new campaign kicks-off in early August.

United fans will hope this can be the start of a promising new era, but it could still take some time for the new manager to address the various problems in this squad.