History suggests that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer might succeed as Manchester United caretaker

Analysis: Sometimes just being different can be enough to motivate the players, writes Miguel Delaney, as happened when Roberto Di Matteo took charge at Chelsea

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Manchester United know they're hoping for an idealised outcome with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the helm, but there are real precedents. Of the 40 managers to win the Champions League since 1955, as many as three of them were caretakers parachuted in to rescue a team from mid-season meltdown.

Even more relevantly, two of them were with English clubs, and one of those a club well familiar with the destructive effect Jose Mourinho can have.

That case in point was Roberto Di Matteo with Chelsea in 2012, who followed Tony Barton with Aston Villa in 1982 and Miguel Munoz with Real Madrid in 1960.