Nor should the numbers available to the Reds’ boss mask a lack of talent – there’s plenty of quality, as well as quantity, in United's engine room.
The constant is skipper Katie Zelem – only Ella Toone has racked up more appearances in our history. Manchester born and bred, the 26-year-old is from a famous north-west footballing family – her uncle Peter played for Chester, Preston and Burnley throughout the 1980s and her father Alan was a goalkeeper for Macclesfield. Katie first joined the United Girls’ Centre of Excellence in 2004 at the age of eight.