Man Utd could start 2026/27 Premier League season with same back four as 2022/23 opening game

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Since the summer of 2022, Manchester United have signed eight defenders for a combined £219.7m - and yet, the starting back four could be the same that lined up on the opening day of the season four years ago. On 7 August 2022, Erik ten Hag started Lisandro Martinez - an arrival that summer for £56.7m - Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw and Diogo Dalot, but suffered a 2-1 loss to Brighton. And in six of his 17 Premier League matches in 2026, Michael Carrick opted for the same back line and it could be ag