Ed Woodward took responsibility for United's transfer dealings in the summer of 2013, following the retirement of Alex Ferguson and the resignation of David Gill. The team had finished as Premier League champions in 2012/13.

Since Woodward took up his current position, United's finishing positions in the Premier League are as follows:

2013/14 - 7th
2014/15 - 4th
2015/16 - 5th
2016/17 - 6th
2017/18 - 2nd
2018/19 - 6th

When they finished as runners-up in 2017/18, United were 19 points behind champions Manchester City.

The way people are talking about Solskjaer's reign, it's as if the club was in a decent position before he was brought in. It certainly wasn't. Manchester United have been in a mess for more than six years. During that time, Moyes, Giggs, van Gaal and Mourinho have all failed to turn them around. Now it appears almost certain that Solskjaer will also fail.

There's a common denominator here and it isn't Ole.