Manchester United's bizarre new Adidas advert features puppets, eight Paul Pogbas, David de Gea playing the drums and a man dressed as a rabbit

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Manchester United's new Adidas advert is as bizarre as you would expect any video involving puppeteers, a rabbit and eight Paul Pogbas to be. 

The strange, one minute long 'Here to Create' commercial, features the United stars as you've never seen them before in a disorientating video. 

We begin with an aerial shot of Old Trafford, so far so normal, but then things rapidly become more surreal. 

Adidas released their new Manchester United advert which is set to cause a stir

Two men dressed in black controlled puppet versions of United's midfielders

Jesse Lingard showed off his moves in a crowd dancing scene early on in the commercial

Ander Hererra performs keepy-uppies in between two artificial speakers before it cuts to two puppeteers playing with the Spaniard and his compatriot Juan Mata.

In a totally unrelated scene, Jesse Lingard is dancing in a crowd, followed by David de Gea taking out some aggression on a drum set. 

No United advert would be complete without a Paul Pogba cameo, and Adidas got their moneys worth, with eight versions of the Frenchman staring back down the camera. 

For no apparent reason a man in a rabbit head then appears before Pogba returns as a magician and Jose Mourinho, who appears to have been the architect behind the madness, says: 'Okay, that's it', before walking off.

David de Gea played on his own monogrammed drum set with his hands on fire 

There were eight versions of Paul Pogba staring at the camera in various head gear

A person wearing a rabbit's head turned up for no obvious reason half way through the video 

Jose Mourinho called a stop to the 'creative' madness and was the supposed architect behind it

United's commercial muscle through their work with the likes of Adidas is the backbone behind their big-spending this summer.

And although new additions Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic failed to land a leading role in the advert, the club will be heartened by their start to the season.

Both signings starred as Mourinho's men began the campaign with a convincing 4-0 victory over West Ham and United fans will hope their swashbuckling creativity on the pitch is markedly easier to watch than their new ad.