After making an immediate impact as caretaker manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has taken over the reins at Manchester United on a permanent basis.
Since replacing Jose Mourinho in December, the Norwegian has wasted little time revitalising the dynamic attacking play that characterised so much of legendary manager Alex Ferguson s time at the club – something that had been sorely missing since the Scot retired in 2013.
Ferguson, who won 65.2 per cent of his 810 Premier League games in charge, had appeared to leave the Red Devils in a healthy state, having just won the title by 11 points, but a series of managers have found stepping into his shoes a thankless task.
Here, we take a look at the men who have been in the Old Trafford hot seat since Ferguson s departure and assess their impact.
David Moyes: July 2013 – April 2014
After two decades of unrivalled success, the man to follow Ferguson was always on a hiding to nothing. Moyes did not help himself, though, alienating some of the club s most established players and failing to adopt his predecessor s swashbuckling style of football.
He was put out of his misery nine months into his tenure after winning just 50 per cent of his Premier League games at the helm.
BREAKING: Manchester United announces that David Moyes has left the club. (part 1 of 2)
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Ryan Giggs: April 2014 – May 2014
United s record appearance holder took over from Moyes for the remaining four games of the 2013-14 season. He won two of them but suffered an embarrassing home defeat to relegation-threatened Sunderland – perhaps enough to convince United s hierarchy that he was not yet ready for the job on a permanent basis.
Giggs will tear you apart
Some of our Welsh wizard’s best moments!
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Louis van Gaal: July 2014 – May 2016
Van Gaal s football may not have inspired, but he lifted United back into the Champions League places in his first season before a slight slump in 2015-16.
However, the Dutchman s record was only marginally better than Moyes , winning 51.3 per cent of his games and averaging 1.79 points hardly title-contending form.
