Manchester United defender Chris Smalling can see a clean slate for everyone at the club going into the new season.
For the 21-year-old, who joined United from Fulham in a £10million deal 13 months ago, last season proved to be a revelation.
Smalling went on to make 33 appearances, including 23 starts, with the crowning glory the capture of United's 19th league title.
In winning his first medal, it was naturally one to savour, however that has now gone and it is only this season that counts.
"It's literally a fresh start," said Smalling.
"The manager and the older players who have won countless medals - God knows how many they've got at home - they see this season as a new challenge.
"It's down to us to not get too carried away that we won the title last year because for some of us young ones it was our first medal, which was really exciting.
"Now it's about turning over a new page, onto the next game and you forget about the last one.
"When you arrive here you learn about the winning mentality and the expectations straight away, even from training.
"Phil Jones, Ashley Young and David de Gea (the new signings) have not won anything with us yet, but they've a good gauge as to what this club is about.
"We go out onto the training field and we're training like we're playing.
"Even the older players are out there performing every day which is really good to see, and us young players really learn from that."
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