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Manchester United sits fifth in the Premier League. It’s a remarkable, barely comprehensible position given the poverty of much of its football, all the more so given United is somehow only six points off fourth. That's also what is keeping Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in a job. As discontent swirled around Old Trafford after Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat to Burnley, though, this feels like a narrative approaching a climax.
Since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement in 2013, United’s decisions on when to sack managers seem to have been taken on the basis of Champions League qualification.