Ole Gunnar Solskjaer aims to continue his impressive start as Manchester United manager at home to Burnley on Tuesday, with the case for him to be appointed permanently seemingly growing by the week.
The FA Cup fourth-round victory at Arsenal on Friday took the Norwegian caretaker manager's record to eight successive wins since taking over from Jose Mourinho before Christmas -- a mark that surpasses even the great Matt Busby at the start of an Old Trafford managerial reign.
While it appears Tottenham Hotspur's Mauricio Pochettino remains United's preferred choice as long-term appointment, the strides Solskjaer is making on and off the pitch make an increasingly compelling case for the 45-year-old to win the job.
A fourth-placed finish, and Champions League football next season, were looking a distant dream in the latter days of Mourinho's reign, but victory over Burnley would lift United level on points with Chelsea, for 24 hours at least.
And if results involving Chelsea and Arsenal were to fall in favour of former United striker Solskjaer -- whose side face a Burnley team looking to recover from a 5-0 FA Cup rout by Manchester City -- the Red Devils could even end the week eyeing a third place currently occupied by Pochettino's Spurs.
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