When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked in November, many fans lost all hope that anything good would come out of this season. So when Ralf Rangnick was appointed as the club's interim manager, instead of focusing on what the German could offer Manchester United this season, they instead focused on the two-year consultancy role that would follow.
Rangnick was a major player within the Red Bull project which saw the rise of both RB Salzburg and RB Leipzig. Fans hoped that Rangnick would be able to offer his expertise to United, but that hope has now gone exactly the same way as his spell as interim manager went.
While few had high expectations for Rangnick's interim spell, the months that followed his appointment were worse than any fan could have imagined. United crashed out of every cup competition in disappointing fashion and also finished outside the top four.
