Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag believes the club can ensure their World Cup stars are in the right frame of mind.
United will welcome back the likes of England trio Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw and Marcus Rashford, Portugal duo Diogo Dalot, Bruno Fernandes, and Brazilian trio Casemiro, Fred and Antony.
Most of their players are fully fit, with no serious injuries, but United will be aware that some players may be struggling mentally after the highs and lows of the World Cup.
“We are prepared for every situation,” Ten Hag stressed.
“Players have success, if they don’t have success, so there will be some who are really happy and some will come back really disappointed and something can be in between. Maybe when you’re playing the final but lose, you’re going to first be really disappointed. But if you see it after you see we had a great World Cup.
“What I see until now, I’m really happy with the performance of our players, they are really in good shape. We talked already about Casemiro but you see Bruno, great World Cup until now.
“Diogo, in two games, did really well. If I see the English, all three are performing magnificently. Rapha Varane is back, is doing well. So I’m really happy with the performances of all our players.”