Erik ten Hag ordered all Manchester United players into training by 9am on Tuesday in a throwback to the Sir Alex Ferguson era.
Although two groups of players arrived at 9.30am and 11.30am for the first day of pre-season on Monday, the Manchester Evening News understands all of the players reported before 9am this morning.
A source said: "All in by 9am, an hour earlier than normal. Fergie Time." Also read: What Ten Hag did on his first day at Carrington Ten Hag was driven into Carrington just gone 8am but his assistant Steve McClaren, Ferguson's right-hand man between 1999-2001, arrived at 7.45am.
United players reported for training at 10am under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, whose management was described as "soft" by some dressing room sources.
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