A Manchester United spokesman provided The Daily Telegraph with the following response to the criticism of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer by the woman Babacar Sarr stood trial for allegedly raping: “As manager of Molde at the time, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fully respected the due process of the Norwegian legal system, which is still ongoing.”

They did not provide responses to the following questions for their manager and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward: