An hour before Manchester United kicked off against West Bromwich Albion last month, a car swung into The Hawthorns and parked up outside the ground in the teeming rain.
At the wheel was John Murtough, United's head of football development. Next to him sat Darren Fletcher who returned to the club as part of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's coaching team in January.
Murtough headed for his seat in the directors' box and Fletcher to sit alongside United's analysts elsewhere in the stands, a position he prefers to the dugout because it gives him a better perspective of the action.