Those who watched Manchester United's defeat to Brighton on Sky Sports perhaps would have noted that Erik ten Hag's reign was only 17 minutes old when the cameras first cut away to Sir Alex Ferguson watching on from the stands.
Like every manager who came before him, Ten Hag will be compared and judged against the greatness that Ferguson achieved at Old Trafford but Javier Hernandez believes that United need to 'get over' their legendary manager's departure.
United have been on a steady decline since Ferguson called it a day in 2013 and every managerial appointment that has been made in the near decade since has ultimately failed. Time will tell if Ten Hag can buck the trend but former United man Hernandez feels that he must be allowed to do so in his own way.
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"It’s not easy to do that for 26 years, but Sir Alex was very good on the personal side to see how he could take the best out of you and how you can help the club," the Mexican told PA. "To substitute that man like that is not easy. It is like winning the lottery.
"Do you think anyone you hire afterwards is going to be able to do 80 per cent of what Ferguson did? My point of view is that after Ferguson brings so much pressure that it just isn’t going to work out.
"United need to now get over the fact that Sir Alex Ferguson has gone. Would we like to have someone similar? Yes, yes, yes. But Sir Alex has gone and it is never going to be the same.
"So United have to adapt and allow the next manager to do it in his own way."
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