Following Manchester United’s 5-0 defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford, it was reported that Alex Ferguson had been among those at United’s training ground Carrington on the day that the future direction of the club was being discussed. It turned out Ferguson was simply visiting to have a suit measured but his presence continues to be the defining one at Manchester United, certainly during Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s time when the past has become fetishised. Those in the 17th century who identified nostalgia as a crippling disorder look insightful these days and “The Manchester United way” may be one of those…

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