While their patience with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has won praise in certain quarters, Manchester United have taken a very different approach with an under-performing agency.
US-based Toppan Merrill dropped the ball in November when they published the club’s quarterly financial results a day early, triggering a major headache at Old Trafford.
The error was put down to a test run but sources have disclosed that the Americans are no longer working with the club.
But the club's co-chairmen Avram Glazer (left) and Joel Glazer (right) have taken a very different approach with a under-performing agency Toppan Merrill
'Maverick' Maddison was a no-show
Turning up at full-time for a match you were expected to be in the squad for is bad enough but, when you are staying in the hotel 50 yards from the stadium, it is even worse.