Get the latest United transfer window updates, news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free For all Gareth Southgate's faults as a manager, and there are a few, the one thing you can say about the England boss is that he is fair.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer too, is about as fair-minded and pliable as they come, both as a man as well as a football manager. And that seems to count for plenty in the modern game.
The 'nice guys finish last theory' might hold some weight among the old school, but the common-sense argument in 2021 is that elite bosses have to be approachable and admit their mistakes, as both Solskjaer and Southgate do.
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