Sarr’s accuser says her father – himself a long-time Molde season ticket holder – had also pleaded with the club to rule the midfielder ineligible for selection even before he was formally charged. She is more pragmatic, but says Solsjkaer was wrong to pick him after that charge came. And even more so after the outcome of the trial, during which she cried when asked about Sarr captaining the side.

At that trial, the prosecution was ruled not to have proven beyond reasonable doubt that Sarr had committed the crime of rape. The case split the three judges presiding over it, with the professional judge disagreeing with the verdict of his two lay colleagues.

In what was a joint criminal and civil trial, the same trio nevertheless ordered Sarr to pay his accuser compensation of 150,000 Norwegian kroner (around £12,500) after ruling in her favour on the balance of probabilities.

This outcome – which led to appeals from both sides – did not stop Solskjaer continuing to pick Sarr until the end of that season when, during a night out in Oslo after their final match in November, he allegedly raped another woman twice.

Like the other three rape accusations against him, the 28-year-old denied any wrongdoing.

The following month, Molde allowed United to appoint Solskjaer as their caretaker manager until the end of the Premier League club’s season – meaning he would miss the start of their own.

A month later, they announced the termination of Sarr’s contract by mutual consent, thanking him for his contribution “through a difficult time for the player as well as the club”.

His accuser says the club’s decision to highlight his suffering – which they had also done during the trial – merely compounded Solksjkaer’s previous comments.

Releasing him also had the unfortunate effect of allowing Sarr to join a club outside Norway ahead of the appeal hearing the following month. His accuser says she even warned prosecutors of this risk only to see him unveiled by a club in Russia – somewhere without an extradition treaty with Norway – the week before he was due to appear in court.