Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is convinced a renewed sense of togetherness can help Manchester United become European Cup winners again.
The man who scored probably the most famous single goal in United's illustrious history is currently enjoying a fabulous autumn to his career.
With five goals already this season, including the match-winner in his side's opening Champions League triumph over Celtic last month, Solskjaer is hoping to keep his place as United look to maintain their 100% record at the expense of Danish makeweights FC Copenhagen.
Victory would virtually guarantee a spot in the knock-out round with three games to spare, a far cry from last season's disaster when the Red Devils humiliatingly finished bottom of their group and exited European competition before Christmas for the first time in a decade.
Top of the Barclays Premiership as well, United's fine form is a surprise to those who felt the summer sale of Ruud van Nistelrooy to Real Madrid would have a detrimental effect.
However, while Van Nistelrooy's own goalscoring record bears favourable comparison with United legends past and present, the Dutchman's time at the club did not coincide with an extension of the trophy-laden years that had gone before.
"This is as good as the side I was in before I got injured," said Solskjaer, who has successfully battled back from three years ravaged by a succession of knee problems
"It is a bit different because we have lots of pace, we are good at counter-attacking and, obviously, with Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, we have players who can beat men and do things on their own.
"We are a team that works together. There are no personal agendas or individual targets. It is about winning something as a team."
No matter what he achieves during the remainder of his career, Solskjaer knows he will forever be remembered for the instinctive injury-time strike which sealed the Champions League - and the treble - against Bayern Munich in 1999.
If not his own favourite goal, it is by far the most notable of the 120 Solskjaer has scored for United since his arrival from Molde in 1996.
At the time, even Sir Alex Ferguson felt it would be two years before the Norwegian saw any first-team combat. Instead, it was not even two months.
"He played in a reserve game and one of my coaches came back and said I couldn't leave him out of the first team," recalled Ferguson.
"I put him on the bench against Blackburn the following weekend, he came on, scored and has never stopped."
And, while Solskjaer does accept his career is inexorably drawing to a close, he is determined to savour every moment for as long as it lasts.
"There were one or two moments when I looked in the mirror and thought 'are you fooling yourself?'," he said.
"But later, when I started to write my thoughts into my diary I would tell myself it was not right to be so negative and I never went to bed thinking I wasn't going to make it.
"I do realise the older I get, the closer I am to the finishing line. You start to understand your career is not going to last forever.
"I treasure goals more now. I just want to make the most of everything."