The latest reports suggest that Solskjaer will be handed the job on a permanent basis, but if there is any remaining doubt in the board’s mind then progress into the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the expense of PSG would surely seal the deal.This will be the Norwegian’s first taste of the Champions League proper as a manager, although he is no stranger to the competition in general and memorably scored the 93rd-minute winner in the 1999 final which clinched the treble for United in the most dramatic of circumstances.
United have not reached the quarter-finals of this competition since 2013-14 and crashed out at the hands of Sevilla at this stage last season, where a loss at Old Trafford proved costly.The Red Devils have now won just one of their last four Champions League home games, although the value of looking back at the Mourinho era for clues as to future form is becoming more and more redundant with each Solskjaer win.