Gary Neville, a former captain of Manchester United, asserts that the team's players will surprise new manager Erik ten Hag.

Following the firing of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer last year and the appointment of Ralf Rangnick as interim manager for a period of six months, Ten Hag has been named as Old Trafford's new permanent manager.

In his first match in the Premier League on Sunday, the Dutchman watched as the Red Devils fell to Brighton 2-1.

"I don't in any way think the manager or the new players—Eriksen or Martinez—here are the issue. They have never done it before.

The fact that the club hasn't given the coach a better squad must be the issue.

At the beginning of the season, it is unacceptable. As Neville stated, "That is not possible, and it has occurred.