Manchester United were not favored by everyone at the beginning of the season, with their number one player Pogba retiring early, manager Solskjaer almost a rookie coach, and a lack of focus on summer reinforcements. But it was this team that managed to secure a Champions League spot in the final stages of the league with a series of wins.

From 14th to third, a roller-coaster ride for Manchester United

Manchester United, who opened a brand new season with a big win over Chelsea in the first round, didn't play very well in the early part of the season, winning only three of their first 11 matches, and finishing as low as 14th in the league table. Such a term was a bit hard to accept for an old powerhouse, and there was a lot of skepticism about Solskjaer's coaching at the time.

As can be seen from the league's table of ranking changes, the change in United's record has actually gone all the way up as time has progressed. Although the first half of the league was a bit more convoluted, which was also due to the fact that they got too many draws in the early part of the season,statistics show that they got 9 draws in the matches before the league was suspended, which is the most draws in the league. But in the latter part of the league, their ranking was more stable and they stabilized in the Champions League contention area, which was also due to the fact that they won back-to-back matches in the latter part of the league and didn't lose any of their matches.

From these two points, we can see that United's lineup has become more stable and mature over time, and has shown a strong ability to dominate once it has gelled into place. With their late performances, even with strong teams like Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City, United got the points and beat most of those opponents, only drawing with Tottenham Hotspur.

Precision and reinforcements for United

Solskja has been a very successful player in United's history, and this season is the first full Premier League season of his coaching career. Taking over halfway through last season did not give him much of a chance to make adjustments, and the summer window this season is the time for him to really show his eye for accurate reinforcements. In the summer of last year, he brought in Maguire, James and Bissaka in the transfer market, and all three have played a huge role at United.

First of all, Maguire, who came to the Dream Theater as the king of the bidding, became the core of the team's defense after the England international, who played well at Leicester City last season, came to United. Although Maguire is still flawed compared to Van Dijk and Boley, who has played well this season, he has really brought the quality of United's defense up by more than one notch. Man Utd conceded only 36 goals in the whole season, ranking third in the league, behind only Liverpool at the top of the table and Manchester City in second place. Mind you, last season they conceded 54 goals in the whole season.

Bissaka, who arrived at United in the summer transfer window for more than 50 million euros, has become an absolute mainstay in United's right-sided position this season. The 22-year-old youngster has started 34 games for the team this season, contributing four assists while averaging 3.7 tackles and 1.9 interceptions, ranking among the top defenders in the Premier League in all defensive categories. Also worthy of praise is Solskjaer's use of Bissaka, successfully making him a defender from a winger.

Daniel James didn't shine as brightly as the two players above, but did contribute a decent 3 goals and 6 assists throughout the season. From the performance of these players can be seen how accurate Solskjaer's eye for reinforcement, several positional players in the grinding success, have become irreplaceable people in their respective positions, especially Maguire and Bissaka's play, is extremely colorful. But, this is not the most amazing reinforcement of Soso.

B fee to join, stripped Manchester United

Before the winter transfer period, even before the league resumed by the epidemic, almost no fans optimistic that United can get the qualification of this season's Champions League, the most discussed is whether they can get the qualification of the UEFA Cup. This shows that people's expectations of United are not really that high, but with Fernandez's amazing play, leading United step by step to get the victory, everyone saw the hope of United getting the Champions League place.

Fernandez, who joined United for 55 million euros in the winter transfer period,has gotten 8 goals and 7 assists in only 14 games this season, leading the team to an unbeaten record in 14 rounds. The team eventually rallied from 14 points behind Leicester City to take the Champions League spot by four points. This is the change that the Portuguese has brought to the team, and the value of Fernandes, but also Solskjaer's most successful reinforcement so far.

The biggest change that Fernandes has brought to United is not that they can beat the strongest teams, but that they can get points from the weakest teams. They beat the likes of Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester City in the first half of the campaign, and Liverpool owed their first draw to them, but dropped points to weaker teams. The change of this situation is precisely to Fernandez's joining as the node, after B fee joined, United's attack was sorted out more clearly, the team's attacking firepower was further developed, and ultimately the new trident molding.

New trident, the future of the United

B fee to join the change is not only the United's midfield, more importantly, completely activated the United's front field. In the late stages of the league, the more stable trident combination of Martial, Rashford and Greenwood, it is in B fee's excellent play, to show their talent. The three youngsters have scored 55 goals this season, even surpassing the Liverpool trident of Mane, Salah and Firmino, who have scored 51 goals this season.

Rashford has had one of the most colorful seasons this season, with 17 goals plus 7 assists, both career highs. And Martial's 17 goals and 6 assists are no better than Rashford's, successfully proving his worth. Greenwood, who has only started 12 games, has been United's biggest discovery this season, with the youngster scoring 10 goals and dishing out one assist in 1,311 minutes of action.

In addition to their offensive prowess, the three youngsters are all very young, with Martial 24, Rashford 22 and Greenwood just 18. This age means that they still have a lot of room to rise, as long as they can continue to keep growing and do not have a relatively big injury, the future of these three people will be unlimited.

Writing in the end: this season's Manchester United spent half a season to integrate the team's lineup, with the addition of BFaye to make up for the team's last shortcomings, and Pogba's late comeback is even more to make the team's strength to a higher level. With the growth of this group of young people, as long as the majority of the main lineup is left, and a simple reinforcement of the team to increase the thickness of the lineup, United will certainly become a strong contender for the Premier League title next season, and may even be able to recreate the glory of the Ferguson era.