Erik ten Hag held court with Manchester United staff and players on their first day of pre-season training.
Ten Hag was driven into United's Carrington training complex at 8am, shortly followed by assistants Steve McClaren and Mitchell van der Gaag. Ten Hag held meetings with his staff and the players throughout the day.
United players started returning for pre-season medicals on Friday and the first batch of players on Monday turned up at around 9.30am to meet their new manager.
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The players underwent routine medical tests and gym work before heading out onto the training pitches in the afternoon.
Club sources say Ten Hag addressed a combined group of first-team squad members and Under-21 players for "several minutes" at the start of the session, flanked by McClaren and Van der Gaag.
The players spent over two hours on the grass, the bulk of it ball work interspersed with running drills. Carrington sources were encouraged that some players who had arrived before 9am stayed until gone 4pm.
Goalkeepers David de Gea, Tom Heaton and Nathan Bishop, defenders Phil Jones, Brandon Williams, Luke Shaw and Alvaro Fernandez, as well as midfielder Donny van de Beek, were among the first clocked at Carrington.
United later confirmed forwards Anthony Martial, Jadon Sancho, centre-back Victor Lindelof, right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka and academy graduates Matej Kovar, Ethan Laird, Alejandro Garnacho and Shola Shoretire were on site for first-team training.
Marcus Rashford, not visible in club and agency footage, also reported.
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