Instead of Jose Mourinho-style public putdowns, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a fan of the private one-to-one to get the best out of his stars at Old Trafford.
The Norwegian is too polite to say whether there’s a right or wrong way to motivate players but this is his way and there were lots of confidential chats — the kind Solskjaer himself used to have with Sir Alex Ferguson — during United’s training camp in Dubai last week.
Though he refuses to see Sunday's clash against Spurs at Wembley as an audition for him and Mauricio Pochettino to be United’s next permanent manager, the interim boss has a plan to maximise the talents of Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez.