Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Crisis talks, player revolts and desperate Ole plea: The 24 hours after Utd hit ‘rock bottom’

It was there in the days leading up to Jose Mourinho’s sacking, where the Manchester beat journalists were no longer being fed the line that the board is unequivocally backing their man as they had been in the weeks leading up to it.

They have been given repeated chances to offer the manager a vote of confidence, but none has been so-far forthcoming.

Silence at Old Trafford usually means there is something going on behind the scenes, and this time it is concerning Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.