Just because Solskjaer is doing well now does not mean things would have ever worked out here.

Tactically he was incredibly naïve in the Premier League - we seemed to move from one system to the next without any rhyme or reason, usually adopting the formation of whoever beat us last. The signings came thick and fast but never seemed to have any indication of how they would fit into the squad. By the end of the window just before he left, we had at least six centre-forwards in the squad while playing one up front (Jones, Le Fondre, Guerra, Burgstaller, Macheda, Maynard, Velikonja...) but no experienced and capable specialist left-back, just Fabio and Declan John. We got to the end of the window and, having already got Morrison, Connolly, Hudson, Turner, Cala, and Nugent in the squad to cover two positions at centre-half, dropped £5m on Bruno Manga, just because. And gave a contract to Danny Gabbidon just in case. Solskjaer left two matches later, after two abject home defeats to Norwich and Middlesbrough.

His signings here fell into three categories: Man Utd reserves (Macheda, Fabio, a disinterested Zaha), inexplicable and unnecessary (Javi Guerra, Dikgacoi, Adeyemi) and the mildly concerning - Daehli, Eikrem, Berget and Burgstaller were all signed on good deals and ended up being paid off or virtually given away to get them off the books. All four were represented by agent Jim Solbakken, who is also the agent and a close friend of OGS.

Cosy little arrangement, that.