Get the latest United transfer window updates, news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Outside Pride Park, Brian Clough and Peter Taylor are immortalised with a statue of one of English football's great double acts.
Inside the stadium, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sidled over to Wayne Rooney by the bowling green of a pitch and clasped hands before posing for a picture, Manchester United Premier League title winners reunited.
Rooney and Solskjaer contributed to the start of United's second 'three-peat' back in 2007, Solskjaer's last as a player. Now as a manager, the minimum expected of him is to oversee a genuine challenge in what he intends to be his third full season.
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