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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was a failure at Manchester United. It broke him. So taking him back would be a damning admission by club chiefs that they are out of strategy and ideas, writes IAN LADYMAN

Nothing would more damningly illustrate Manchester United’s apparent inability to escape from a repeat cycle of self-destruction than a return to the management of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

As United try for the umpteenth time to drag themselves forwards, handing another chance to a man who has failed once would only represent a meek acceptance of diminished status.