1. Wayne Rooney
Surely the obvious choice? Rooney has frequently insisted that he wants to leave the club for something else, but perhaps the armband could persuade him to stay, at least for another season.
At 28, Rooney is now in his prime, and his ferocity on the pitch is exactly what the club need to drag them out of this slump and into a new golden generation. A fit, firing and happy Rooney would be a clear attraction to other players coming into the club, and it could be what finally gets him to curb his temper.
It’d do wonders for the national side too!