A year ago on Monday, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer saw his Manchester United side beat Leeds United in Perth in the opening game of their pre season tour.
It’s fair to say that although the Norwegian’s neck might not have been in the noose – he was on the gallows steps after a truly shocking end to last season.
Not up to the job, out of his depth and lacking the gravitas to take United back to the days where they were regularly challenging for – and winning - the Premier League was the general consensus.
Solskjaer was, the critics mused, just keeping the chair warm for Mauricio Pochettino, the Tottenham boss identified as his most likely successor.
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