Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood says his new players are excited by the dawning of a "new era" at the club.
The Villa Park outfit have undergone something of an overhaul during the close-season, with Fabian Delph and Christian Benteke headlining a host of exits, while Jordan Ayew, Jordan Amavi, Micah Richards and Rudy Gestede are among the players to have come in.
"They [the new players] are right to be excited for the future of the club," he said. "They are a group of young men. It's up to me to make them excited for the immediate future.
"It's a new era. It will take time to gel - but that's my job
"They know what the demands are. I have had time with them over pre-season. They know they can't be a soft touch, they have to dig in.
"You owe it to the fans to give it everything all of the time."
"I expect a tough game as you always do against Manchester United," he added. "They have brought in a lot of new players again.
"We fancy ourselves against them. We fancy ourselves against any team. You have to have that mindset."
