Players from which Managers are left at Manchester United?
Needless to say, this summer transfer window for Manchester United has seen a long overdue clear out of the 'dead wood' whilst strengthening most (but not all) key positions. So in terms of squad make up, where does that leave United with regards to players acquired by previous managers and how many of his ‘own players’ does Erik Ten Hag now have?
For reference I have based this on a 27 man squad who have all (with the exception of Yoro & Ugarte) made full competitive appearances for the club. Tom Heaton & Jonny Evans, whilst at one stage were academy players, they were later resigned by different managers at the club.
𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗩𝗔𝗡 𝗚𝗔𝗔𝗟 - Since Anthony Martial departed this summer when his contract expired, only one Louis Van Gaal signing (Luke Shaw) remains at the club making up just 3.7% of the current squad. Shaw has been with United since June 2014.
- Luke Shaw
𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗛𝗢 - Just two Jose Mourinho signings are left at the club, making up 7.4% of the current squad.
- Diogo Dalot
- Victor Lindelof
𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗚𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗔𝗥 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗦𝗞𝗝𝗔𝗘𝗥 - Just four Ole Gunnar Solskjaer signings remain at the club equating to 14.8% of the current squad. Most of the players signed during Ole’s period as manager left during this summer's window such as Varane, Pellistri, Sancho, Van de Beek, Wan Bissaka.
- Tom Heaton
- Harry Maguire
- Bruno Fernandes
- Amad Diallo
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗬 Just five academy players remaining after a large influx of youth outgoings this transfer window, resulting in 18.5% of current squad. I have not included Harry Amass as he is yet to make his full competitive debut and Dan Gore hasn’t featured in over a year due to injury and has been out on loan.
- Marcus Rashford
- Alejandro Garnacho
- Kobbie Mainoo
- Ethan Wheatley
- Toby Collyer
𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗞 𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗚 - Current manager Erik Ten Hag has 15 players he has signed who remain at the club under his management, making up 55.6% of the squad.
- Tyrell Malacia
- Christian Eriksen
- Lisandro Martinez
- Casemiro
- Antony
- Altay Bayindir
- Jonny Evans
- Andre Onana
- Mason Mount
- Rasmus Hojlund
- Joshua Zirkzee
- Leny Yoro
- Matthijs De Ligt
- Noussair Mazraoui
- Manuel Ugarte
In summary, not including the Academy players integrated into the squad, there are only seven players remaining at the club who were signed by previous managers.
No question, this is now Erik Ten Hag's team and he has the highest percentage of 'own players' signed by any manager post Sir Alex Ferguson. The pressure will be on the Dutchman to deliver improved performances for this United side whose league form last season resulted in an eighth place finish, their worst in Premier League history.