It didn't take Ruud van Nistelrooy long to grasp that in joining Manchester United, he had arrived at a club that garnered worldwide support - and worldwide attention.
The Dutchman argues only Real Madrid come close to United when it comes to the demands and the scrutiny and he should know, spending five years as a player at Old Trafford and then four more at the Bernabeu.
A decade in the doldrums has done nothing to lower the spotlight on events at United. If anything, the glare has become harsher since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, and a trophy-winning machine began to cough and splutter.
Eleven years on, nobody has yet been able to offer anything other than a sticking plaster. Ruben Amorim will be the next to try.
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