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Where would Manchester United be right now had Erik ten Hag succeeded in shipping out two players who, less than 12 months ago, appeared to have at least one foot and maybe a few toes out of the Old Trafford exit. Well, not in the FA Cup final, for one. Finding positives from that calamitous semi-final victory over Coventry City may be like trying to locate a needle in a planet-sized haystack – has any victory ever felt more like a defeat? But the performances of Scott McTominay and Harry Maguire, both of whom were available for transfer and targets for West Ham in the summer of 2023, at least…