Though the current iteration of United's coaching set-up has been in place for less than six weeks, during which time nine games have yielded eight wins and a draw, Phelan feels the group's dynamic is already highly functional.

“It is working,” he said. “The balance is good, the feedback is good, we get on. It’s a nice, split age range, so we’ve all got different ideas, we communicate a lot and it is quite refreshing. Ole sits there at the top of the tree, and I hover in between making sure everything happens the way I feel the way Manchester United should work.

”It takes me back a little bit into the processes we had before [under Sir Alex], which was a little bit of youth, a bit of experience, a little bit of knowledge. There’s an extra dynamic in there, that is all part of a football club. “

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