It is not Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's fault that the managing director of Manchester United, Richard Arnold, appears to be trying hard to be as adept at putting his foot in his mouth as he is at signing new global noodle partners. You can't choose your parents, they say, and if you're a football manager, you can't choose your club executives, either.
A few days before United were knocked out of the FA Cup by Leicester City last Sunday, Arnold launched into a florid reverie about just how amazing Solskjaer was. He talked about him as if he were Sir Alex Ferguson in his pomp or Jose Mourinho beating Barcelona at the Nou Camp when he was winning the Champions League at Inter Milan, or Jurgen Klopp after his seasons in the sun at Liverpool.