When assessing Manchester United's post-Sir Alex Ferguson decline the headline charge is usually the £1billion transfer spend that has produced an FA Cup, League Cup and Europa League, but players can't win trophies on their own and if on-pitch recruitment has been average, the appointment of managers in that time has been disastrous.
United are searching for a fifth permanent manager since the exit of Ferguson in 2013 but there is little confidence they will get it right, although if there is any hope it is in the changing faces of the decision-makers, with Richard Arnold now installed as chief executive and football director John Murtough seeing his powerbase grow.
Current interim boss Ralf Rangnick is also likely to have a say on the identity of the new boss and if he'd had a voice in previous discussions it's unlikely he'd have endorsed the candidacy of two managers who were never equipped to manage Manchester United and two who looked to be on the downward arc of their careers, assessments proved correct by their struggles at Old Trafford.
