Solskjær’s game of patience at Manchester United is running out of time | Jonathan Wilson


Planning for the future is laudable, but at some point there must be evidence of a plan being enacted in the here and now

For eight minutes at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, everything looked to be going well for Manchester United. And then suddenly it wasn’t. As it was in the game, so it has been for Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s career at Old Trafford. Have patience, the message comes again and again from the United board. Look at the youth in the squad. Wait for it to flower. But for how long, and at what cost?

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