Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has sought to defuse the controversy surrounding an exchange he had with centre-back Phil Jones during a Premier League match with West Ham earlier this season.
Social media was rife with claims that the 47-year-old had turned to the out-of-favour centre-back, who was also in the stands for the fixture, and given him a stern telling off that was caught by the TV cameras.
Some had even suggested that Jones had uttered: "sacked in the morning" in reference to manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, whose side trailed in a game that they would ultimately lose 2-0.