Tuesday was José Mourinho sacked as manager of Manchester United, and it was regarded as a matter of fact, that Michael Carrick had to take temporarily over.
But as the rumors also reported Wednesday night, and as United by a mistake came to publish it in the night, so will it be in the spot Norwegian 45-year-old Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who takes over.
Manchester United can today announce that the club’s former striker Ole Gunnar Solskjær is employed as a temporary manager until the end of the 2018/2019 season, says on the club’s website on Wednesday morning.
We can confirm that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the 2018/19 season. the
He will be joined by Mike Phelan as first-team coach, together with Michael Carrick and Kieran McKenna. #MUFC
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) 19. december 2018
Already late Tuesday night, or the night of Wednesday, had United put the message on Solskjær hiring out on their website, but here, the news was quickly deleted. Norway’s prime minister Erna Solberg reached to wish Solskjær congratulations with the job, but it was before it was completely official. And also the prime minister deleted his tweet.
But now is it all good enough with Solskjær and United.
the Norwegian scored 126 goals in 366 matches for the club between 1996 and 2007, and the following year he was the coach of the club’s reservehold, before he took over the job in the home of Molde.
Solskjær takes over for the first team with immediate effect and he will get Mike Phelan in as førsteholdstræner, while Michael Carrick and Kieran McKenna is with the staff.
Manchester United is in my heart, and it is excellent to come back in this role. I look forward to working with a talented squad, staff and everyone in the club, says Ole Gunnar Solskjær.
Manchester United’s vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, welcomes also.
– Ole is a klublegende with big experience, both on the field and in the trænerroller. His history at Manchester United means that he lives and breathes the culture here, and everyone in the club is happy to have him and Mike Phelan back, says Ed Woodward.
even before it was official there was joy in Norway over the prospect of getting a Norwegian in the lead for the big club.
– It will be great for Norwegian football and, first and foremost, Ole Gunnar himself, said another former United player Henning Berg on Tuesday to the VG.
– He has a very big status in the club and has trained reserveholdet with great success. He has good contacts in the club, so it seems logical as a transitional solution. And maybe it goes so well that it can continue, said Berg.
For Solskjær spoke may also be that he has trained Paul Pogba on reserveholdet, and in august, he was asked if he would have built the team around Pogba, if he had been Mourinho.
– I would have done it. Without a doubt. Paul is a great guy. Hopefully the team can be built up on him, said Solskjær at the time.
the Relationship between Pogba and Mourinho was long cold as ice, but with a Norwegian trainer will probably come up for the problem.
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