Towards the end of last season, Chris Smalling was thoroughly ridiculed for his role in Manchester United's decline.
The Englishman was torn apart by fans, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer obviously wasn't much of a fan either. The boss decided to spend £80m on Harry Maguire and ship Smalling out to Roma on loan.
Here we are, nearly at the end of 2019, and Smalling is looking like a star in Rome, while Maguire and co. look like fools. How have United allowed that to happen?
With Maguire and Victor Lindelöf joining forces at the back, United have found themselves considerably closer to a relegation battle than to a fight for the top four.