The sun-kissed days of June and the start of Manchester United’s pre-season feel like an awful long time ago right now.
Optimism was in the air then and it would go through a successful summer transfer window. On the pitch, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was telling players the evolution of his side was going to see a transition from 4-2-3-1 to a more proactive 4-3-3.
By the end of November, Solskjaer had been sacked, having never had enough faith in his midfielders to start a game with a 4-3-3.
