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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Appointed as Permanent Manchester United Manager
When the baby faced assassin that is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed as caretaker of Manchester United on 19 December 2018 I don’t think many fans would have expected what was to follow.
Scoring 42 goals, winning 15 games, drawing two and only losing three games it has been quite an incredible few months for the Norwegian. Now that the Norwegian has been confirmed by the Manchester United board as the man to take the club forward, will United be the club to dominate English football once again?
Manchester United fan from York Elliot Murphy said, “Solskjaer and Ferguson’s greatest ability is not their coaching ability. Ferguson knew how to coach, but for 25 years he left that to others. And Solskjaer does the same. They bring presence, discipline and footballing philosophy. Ole, Ole, Ole.”
Since Solskjaer arrived late in December, Manchester United is a team reformed, a group of players now playing with smiles on their faces, with cohesion on the field, looking hungry and motivated to play for the manager, something that was in question under previous Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho.
With Solskjaer being a Manchester United legend himself, he knows the club inside out having spent 11 years at the club. Sir Alex Ferguson was Ole’s boss when he played at the club and it could be said that the current United team is performing like the United of old, blowing teams away with blistering pace on the counterattack, playing an attractive direct style of football and not to mention scoring those goals late on to clinch a draw or victory. Most notably against PSG in the last sixteen of the Champions League, turning around the tie to dump out the Parisian’s with a late penalty.
James McKay of Antrim in Northern Ireland stated, “The players have responded to him and the style of football he plays is back to playing the Manchester United way. He knows the club inside out, knows what the supporters want to see. He brought the fear factor back to us, the never say die attitude, pushing to the very last minute of every game. Ole lives and breathes Manchester United that’s what I want in a manager.”
I think it’s fair to say that Manchester United fans are happy and excited to see what the future holds with the appointment of the ‘baby faced assassin’ Solskjaer.