4. Shinji Kagawa
After joining from German side Dortmund last summer, it's fair to say Shinji Kagawa's debut season was a little underwhelming at times. The attacking-midfielder made his name in the Bundesliga as a goalscoring attacking-midfielder, but struggled to adapt to the Premier League at times last season. There were a number of reasons for this; it's difficult to adapt to the league straight away, he was played out wide quite often and he had little support from the wings when he was played centrally. But before retiring, Sir Alex
insisted that Kagawa would find things much easier in his second season as he learns from his experiences. Given that we did see Kagawa's undoubted talent on occasion last season, it's easy to get excited about what he can bring to the team this coming season. His hatrick against Norwich showed us he does have an eye for goal, whilst his first-touch almost mirrors that of Dimitar Berbatov. If played in his favoured role behind the attacker, on a consistent basis, the Japanese playmaker can be devastating on teams both domestically and abroad.