There will be no "The Chosen One" banner tarnishing the Stretford End this season but Manchester United have offered Louis van Gaal an unofficial welcome in the city centre with his own "Welcome to Vanchester" billboard.
A version of City's "Welcome to Manchester" poster that greeted Carlos Tévez's switch from red to blue in 2009, the hoarding went up in Piccadilly on Sunday night, although it is not believed to have been sanctioned by the club.
City put up the Tévez billboard on Deansgate in 2009