Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted there will be “no quick fix” at Manchester United as he looks for them to challenge on both the domestic and European fronts.

United succumbed to a humbling 3-0 defeat at Barcelona in midweek, ending their Champions League campaign at the quarter-final stage, while they have a battle on their hands to finish in the Premier League top four.

Solskjaer, whose immediate focus is on a difficult week in which they will play Everton, Manchester City and Chelsea in the space of eight days, knows he cannot solve everything by making a spate of signings this summer.

Speaking ahead of their trip to Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon, the United boss said: “We know we have to be realistic here and we know we have a job to be done.

“There’s no quick fix, it’s not like we buy seven players and suddenly we’re in the right shape, we are where we are.

“We have to take it step-by-step and of course there will be signings made in the summer.”