From David Moyes to Erik ten Hag via Louis van Gaal, José Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and a plethora of interims – the latest of whom, Ruud van Nistelrooy, took charge of his final game on Sunday – United have scrambled for solutions only to keep arriving at the same, miserable outcome. Rinse, cycle, repeat – despite all the money thrown around.

Ruben Amorim could turn to crucial figures of Man Utd's past as he sets out to guide the club into the future.