I don't know I just don't believe anyone can bring MU back to the top positions anymore, although top 4 sounds realistic. In that case, they need to do a complete reorganisation, selling off star players and recruiting new ones, and then build the team from there. There is a lot of money spent on star players, just crazy numbers, obviously some of them play for money and not for trophies
I can understand your doubts about Erik ten Hag, because it has to be admitted since Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, no other coach can match
the success of Alex Ferguson. So there is no guarantee that Erik ten Hag will be able to make Man United win trophies. But at least with Erik ten Hag's
track record and his philosophy as a coach, at least I believe Ten Hag can return Man United to the top 4 position.
If Erik ten Hag makes Man United compete for the EPL trophy I doubt it too, so a reasonable target for Erik ten Hag in his first season is to get Man United
back into the top 4. And it must be started by Ten Hag by looking for new players who can support the strategy that will be used, then sell Man United
players who are not needed or the player does not want to play at Man United. Because there are still many star players who want to play at Man United
and also Man United have healthy finances, so Erik ten Hag was indeed given a budget to buy the new players he wanted. Therefore, Ten Hag was given
the freedom to build a team and must make Man United players work well together. We will be able to see when the EPL has started whether
Erik ten Hag is able to make Man United's performance improve much better or not.