Confirmed : Ten Hag identifies 8 Man Utd players he will build his team around with, after Brentford ,as he reveals who is captaincy goes to .

Incoming Manchester United manager

, Erik ten Hag, has already identified 

eight players he will work closely with

 when he starts work with the Premier

 League, the UK Telegraph reports.

Some big names and first-team regulars

 at Old Trafford have failed to deliver

 consistently, leading to some fans 

calling for them to be dropped or sold.

Ten Hag, however, will be more 

patient and is looking to revive some 

flatlining careers.

United captain Harry Maguire has 

faced plenty of criticism this term for

 the decline in his form, but Ten Hag 

wants to find out why Maguire’s form

 for his country is so much better than 

when with his club.

Incoming Manchester United manager

, Erik ten Hag, has already identified 

eight players he will work closely with

 when he starts work with the Premier 

League, the UK Telegraph reports.

Some big names and first-team regulars 

at Old Trafford have failed to deliver 

consistently, leading to some fans calling

 for them to be dropped or sold.

Ten Hag, however, will be more 

patient and is looking to revive some

 flatlining careers.

United captain Harry Maguire has 

faced plenty of criticism this term for 

the decline in his form, but Ten Hag 

wants to find out why Maguire’s form 

for his country is so much better than 

when with his club.

Another central defender could be brought

 in to bring the best out of Maguire 

and deploy him in the middle of a back three.

Marcus Rashford is also under Ten 

Hag’s microscope after the most disappointing

 individual season of his career.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s performances and chances of a future at the club will be mulled over by Ten Hag. The former Crystal Palace right-back appears to have lost his place as first-choice to Diogo Dalot.

Plenty of the current first-team will not be around by the time Ten Hag arrives, with the likes of Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Nemanja Matic and Edinson Cavani all expected to depart following the expiration of their respective contracts.