Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reportedly gave Ed Woodward some advice to sort out the mess Jose Mourinho created at Manchester United.
Solskjaer took over from Mourinho at Old Trafford in 2018 and immediately took to restoring squad harmony.
Big-name players who were deemed to be not pulling their weight; Alexis Sanchez and Romelu Lukaku were frozen out, while youngsters including Mason Greenwood and Brandon Williams were given an opportunity to shine.
In the two years since Solskjaer took the reins, things have started to improve at Man United, with the club finishing third in the Premier League last season and securing European football next campaign.
And according to ESPN, Solskjaer's advice to United's executive vice chairman Woodward, went some way to turning things around.
The publication claims that Solskjaer convinced Woodward to start valuing dressing room harmony over signing big-name players.
The Norwegian believed that Alexis Sanchez being on a whopping £500,000-a-week resulted in the other players in the dressing room questioning their worth to the team.
Once Sanchez was removed from the equation, the equal playing field helped solve the divide in the dressing room, which in turn saw improved performances on the pitch.
Sanchez completed a permanent move to Inter Milan this summer after a successful loan spell with the Serie A club last season.
In a video on Instagram, the Chilean revealed he didn't like it at United and even tried to terminate his contract after his first day at Carrington.
Sanchez said: "The first training I had I realised many things. I got home and I told my representative: 'Can't the contract be terminated to return to Arsenal?'
"They start laughing and I told them that something did not sit right with me. It had already been signed."
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