Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has come under even more pressure following scrutiny of his spending levels at Manchester United during his three-year reign.
Solskjaer's job is currently hanging by a thread at Old Trafford following a string of shoddy results that were compounded by Sunday's 5-0 humiliation at the hands of arch-rivals Liverpool.
But, following the beleaguered boss reportedly being handed a temporary reprieve on Tuesday, the focus has now turned on to what's actually gone wrong for the former United striker.
And damning new figures on United's spending under the 48-year-old has helped shed new light on the lengths that the club have gone to in order to support Solskjaer and his vision for success.
Since Solskjaer was appointed back in late 2018, no club has spent more in the Premier League than United.
Sky Sports have revealed that United's staggering net spend of £312.1million over the past three years eclipses all of their domestic rivals.
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Their spending still dwarfs that of old rivals Arsenal, who sit second in the table after a net spend of £279.7m.
Going one further and comparing those amounts to United's title rivals only heighten concerns around Solskjaer's future in the role.
United have spent over £100m more than rivals Manchester City, who have splashed out £199.6m during the same span of time.
City have won the Premier League twice during that time - a further embarrassment for United considering the gulf between the two sides in times of money spent.
But things look even worse for United and Solskjaer when you compare their spending binge to Liverpool's transfer outlay over the same period.
The Reds have actually recorded a net profit (-£3.6m spend)over the past three years since Solskjaer's appointment - meaning they clock in over £308m UNDER United's astronomical sum.
The fact that Liverpool also clinched the Premier League crown back in 2018/19 - ending their 30-year title drought in the process - heaps even more shame on Solskjaer's Old Trafford regime.
Perhaps most alarmingly for United, the lack of correlation between spending splurges and long-term success was highlighted well before Solskjaer's appointment by legendary boss Sir Alex Ferguson.
United's transfer policy has been lambasted on more than one occasion since Ferguson spoke out on taking a sensible, long-term approach to building for success back in 2017.
"The value is two-fold," Ferguson previously told Sky Sports when advocating a more prudent approach.
"One, they'll always remember the person who gave them their start in life, and secondly, they create a loyalty base that is there for life.
"The young players we had coming through still keep in touch with me, and that is an indication of how well it works.
"I don't think short-termism works, I really don't. I think there are teams that can buy all the time and remain successful, but on a general theme, I don't think short-termism works. With Tottenham, to me, it looks like there is a long-termism there, they're building something that looks pretty good."
Ferguson's wise words look a million miles away from the current United approach following Solskjaer's summer outlay on Jadon Sancho, Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Despite splashing out £73m on Sancho, the former Borussia Dortmund ace has barely featured under the Norwegian.
It may be a different story for Ronaldo and Varane, who have both featured regularly this term, but United haven't exactly appeared to be any better off following their big-money arrivals - which makes their enormous outlay over the past few years look even worse.
And there'll be further costs incurred if the Old Trafford hierarchy do decide to dispose of Solskjaer off the back of United's Liverpool humiliation.
