Apart from the players, who have changed, its the same organisation as last season under Van Gaal. The way he said most things gave it more gravity although he was not stern. To their credit, the players vowed to change their approach during a meeting at Carrington on Monday. Ex-Southampton defender Lundekvam spiralled into booze and drug addiction after retiring in 2008. I met with Gerard Houllier at Melwood, and agreed everything verbally. I was in Dubai when I was informed that he had instead decided to sign a kid from Real Sociedad who had just broken into the Spanish national team. Barton was given his marching orders for a late challenge on the Spanish midfielder as his Newcastle side were defeated 3-0 by the Merseyside outfit back in 2009. Just 15 minutes before kick-off at White Hart Lane, a seemingly fit Van Aanholt, 26, was told Jason Denayer was replacing him. He added: We tried to add as much as fun as we could on the pitch and the main thing was to stay disciplined because there were a lot of changes to the team. The message could not be clearer - he is not part of Pep Guardiolas Manchester City revolution.