Solskjaer: Fergie an example to all managers

IF Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ever needs to be reminded of the delicate balance between footballing dreams and nightmares, he only needs to look at the fax he keeps as a momento.

On it are two signatures. The first is from then Manchester United chief executive Martin Edwards, the second from Alan Sugar, then Tottenham chairman.

All it needed was a third and a transfer would have been concluded and the course of history changed.