Tommy Martin: What chance do Manchester United have of ever moving on from Fergie?

Using the glorious past to numb the pain of the present is something at which United remain ‘best in class.’

Darren Fletcher revealed that the asked Alex Ferguson for his "blessing" before stepping into the breach left at Manchester United by the departure of Ruben Amorim. Pic: Nick Potts/PA Wire

Given how much they get wrong, who can blame Manchester United for going back to the one thing they do better than anyone.

No sooner had Ruben Amorim been escorted off the premises than they had rolled out their well-rehearsed crisis plan, which involves pumping huge quantities of patented, high-strength Fergie nostalgia gas through the ventilation system.