Get the latest United transfer window updates, news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free It would be an interesting computer game simulation to see which side would win out of the Manchester United vintage of 2017/18 and the current crop of players.
This correspondent would edge towards this current side, even though it's Jose Mourinho's runners-up who still have United's highest points tally of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era.
But if United can sign Raphael Varane, or another top-level central defender, this summer then Solskjaer's side will expect to find the extra eight points to take that tally for themselves, even if the ultimate goal is accruing enough points to win the Premier League title.
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