So we now know Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the new caretaker manager of Manchester United. He will lead the club until the end of the season and then make way for a new man.
He will be charged with uniting a divided dressing room, picking up results and trying to get the Old Trafford club back into the top four and ensure Champions League football next season
In order to achieve that the former Norway international has a lot to do, so lets look at some of the key issues for the former fans' favourite to address when he walks into his new office.
During the latter stages of the tenure of former boss Jose Mourinho, the United squad appeared to be becoming as divided as the fan base. Reports of dressing-room unrest and high-profile falling-outs with key men such as France midfielder Paul Pogba all did little to present a happy camp.
While former striker Solskjaer will already have plenty of warmth from the Red Devils fans, ingratiating himself to the team, while also commanding their respect, will be key to progress.
When Alexis Sanchez joined United from Arsenal during January, the Chile forward was expected to go on to bigger and better things at Old Trafford.
Sanchez, though, has looked a shadow of the tenacious attacker which helped carry the Gunners as Arsene Wenger's long stay was coming to an end. Getting the best of his undoubted talents in a red shirt for United should be high on Solskjaer's to-do list.
Mourinho's tactics were often perceived as negative - and not only on the terraces. For so long United were synonymous with free-flowing, attacking football, which they only showed in patches under all the men who followed Sir Alex Ferguson.
The 'Baby-faced Assassin' will be expected to transfer his own forward-thinking through to the team, which you suspect would be music to the ears of one all-action French midfielder.
We can confirm that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the 2018/19 season.
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) December 19, 2018
He will be joined by Mike Phelan as first-team coach, together with Michael Carrick and Kieran McKenna. #MUFC
The saying went that teams were already beaten before they stepped off the bus at Old Trafford. Yet, in recent seasons, it has been anything but the case.
Tottenham ran out 3-0 winners during August, ending their own long wait for an away win over United, while Wolves' battling draw was swiftly followed by a Carabao Cup penalty shoot-out triumph by Sky Bet Championship club Derby.
Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Old Trafford to help Juventus win 1-0 in the Champions League, while Crystal Palace also left with a hard-earned point. So there is no better place for Solskjaer to start the rebuilding work than at home.
While Solskjaer is unlikely to be given a bumper kitty with which to strengthen the squad when the transfer window opens again in January, you would expect the club to signal their intent with at least one addition - and in any position as all could do with an extra bit of help.
There could, of course, be some players considering their own future as United again look to change direction with a new permanent boss at the end of the season and whether to stick, twist or even bust.