Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made a splash in the transfer market in his first summer in charge of the club. Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James were signed for a combined fee of £145million and they were the faces that would define his tenure.
Three years later and Solskjaer has been sacked, James departed for Leeds before joining Fulham, Wan-Bissaka is currently up for sale at Old Trafford and Maguire has confirmed suspicions that he wasn't good enough to be known as the world's most expensive defender. The fee that Leicester received for Maguire was not the player's fault but it has inevitably followed him around.
Solskjaer's first three signings as permanent manager felt like positive business in the summer of 2019 and most supporters would suggest that is now laughable, with the benefit of hindsight. James was a limited winger, Wan-Bissaka has been a failed signing and Maguire is now a fourth-choice centre-back, with Erik ten Hag seemingly demoting his club captain this season.
