Jose Mourinho has named Juan Mata, Ander Herrera, Antonio Valencia and Nemanja Matic as his most dependable players.
Manchester United are level on points with Manchester City at the top of the Premier League after beating Crystal Palace 4-0 - with a draw with Stoke the only points dropped.
And Mourinho has revealed the stars he looks to most.
Heading the list is Mata, who netted against Palace to end a run of 809 minutes without a league goal.
Mourinho managed Spanish attacking midfielder Mata at Chelsea before reuniting with him at Old Trafford when he also migrated north last summer.
Like Mata, Mourinho worked with Matic at Stamford Bridge before luring him to the Red Devils this summer in an £40m deal.
The central midfielder has boosted United's midfield and created a formidable partnership with Paul Pogba before the Frenchman's injury.
Ecuadorian wing back Valencia has become one of Mourinho's first names on the teamsheet, as well as earning the captain's armband when Michael Carrick isn't selected.
The strangest name on the list is Herrera, who after being named United's player of the season last year, s truggled for game time at the beginning of the campaign after falling out with Mourinho.
"I need good players, I need good people," Mourinho said. "I need some people with maturity, I need some people with the concept of team, I know that the new generations are more individual because this is the way the entourage and society makes them.
"So to have people like Mata, Herrera, Valencia, Matic, to have people like them - and I am just giving a few examples, I could give more - is very important because managers, we don't have an easy life now."
Source: The Mirror.
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