Erik ten Hag has the power to turn Manchester United into a truly great team again.There's a quiet optimism simmering away at Old Trafford that despite all the problems at the club, they've picked the right man to sit in the dugout and revitalise a team that sunk to new depths during the 2021/22 season.In Ten Hag, the Red Devils have made a forward-thinking appointment focused more on creating a renewed focus and attacking brand of football as opposed to a blind desire to win trophies right this second.

The Ten Hag regime gets underway

If the 52-year-old can successfully transfer the culture that worked so brilliantly at Ajax over to the 'Theatre of Dreams', then there's every reason to believe that United will be back on their feet in no time.

However, even in a world where Ten Hag one day becomes a club legend, we can't escape the fact that bringing United back from their depths of their worst ever Premier League points tally will take time.

And that's why all the reports and rumours are suggesting that Ten Hag is trying to build the first-team squad back up again from the ground up, going back to basics and ensuring that certain standards are maintained.

Red Devils fans really have been hanging off every word in the British newspapers recently with each little detail leaking out about the Ten Hag regime suggesting that he's got 'The United Way' in his blood.

Ten Hag passes the ball.

Soccer Football - Pre-Season Friendly - Manchester United Training - Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand - July 11, 2022 Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag during training REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Ten Hag's training methods

Plus, there has of course been all the excitement around little snippets of Ten Hag's training exercises with everything from brutal passing drills to press-up punishments giving yet more positive indications.

So, it should come as no surprise that United supporters were salivating at the chance to see Ten Hag' coaching in greater detail then ever during an open training session as part of the club's pre-season tour of Thailand on Monday.

Ahead of their opening friendly clash with Liverpool on Tuesday night, local fans and media were allowed to watch United's preparations with no selective edits and cuts to limit what the world could see.

Ten Hag in Man Utd training.

Soccer Football - Pre-Season Friendly - Manchester United Training - Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand - July 11, 2022 Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag during training REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

Cameras follow Ten Hag around

And perhaps unsurprisingly, a lot of the footage that was captured during the session focused specifically on Ten Hag with Sporf uploading a video that almost exclusively tracked the United boss.

The fact that it's amassed more than one thousand retweets and 'likes' tells you everything you need to know about just how fascinating it is with Ten Hag's management really put under the microscope.

There's no life-changing football lessons or examples of the hairdryer treatment, but just the most subtle and tantalising of details are enough to ensure that you can't take your eyes off the action - check it out:

We could watch fly-on-the-wall content like this until we're blue in the face.

A fascinating watch

Whether it's camera-tracking during training sessions like that or full-blown 'All or Nothing' documentaries, any peek behind the curtain in the highest echelons of the sport is absolutely gripping to us.

And while, yes, it would have been fascinating even if Ten Hag was whispering to his players about quiches and knitting, make no mistake that you're watching one of the world's best managers in action there.

Blending a mixture of Pep Guardiola's possession-based style with the high energy of a Jurgen Klopp side, Ten Hag has all the ammunition to bring about exactly the kind of changes that United are crying out for.

McClaren and Ten Hag chat.

Soccer Football - Pre-Season Friendly - Manchester United Training - Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand - July 11, 2022 Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag and assistant Steve McClaren during training REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

Naturally, football never turns out to be quite as straightforward as that, but it really is a case of so far, so good for the United rebuild.