Man Utd next manager: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ‘will be named as interim boss’
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER will be named as Manchester United’s interim manager.

By Jack Staplehurst / Published 18th December 2018








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The former Red Devils goalscorer is set to take over at Old Trafford if United can negotiate his release from Molde, according to ESPN FC.

Solskjaer is currently in charge of the Norwegian side but looks set to succeed Jose Mourinho on a temporary basis.

Ed Woodward told Mourinho this morning he would no longer be United manager.


But the Red Devils are preparing to appoint an interim manager until the end of the season.

And it appears ex-Cardiff boss Solskjaer, who was a fan-favourite during his time as a player at Old Trafford, will return to the Premier League.

Mourinho was unwilling to work under a director of football amid all the difficulties he and the club have faced this season, and Sunday’s 3-1 defeat at Liverpool proved the final straw.

Solskjaer, though, is unlikely to have an issue with that set-up, it is believed.

The 48-year-old has worked at United beyond his playing days before, having coached the first-team strikers under Sir Alex Ferguson in the 2007/08 campaign.

Solskjaer was also United's full-time reserve team manager from the summer of 2008 until the end of 2010 before he left to take charge at Molde.

After a successful spell as boss at the club he left to join United as a player, Solskjaer was appointed as Cardiff's manager in January 2014.

He failed to keep the Welsh club in the Premier League, though, and was sacked by September after a poor start to their Championship season.

Solskjaer took over at Molde again in October 2015 and has been in that role ever since, earning a win percentage of 55.9%.

With the former Red Devils forward set to return to Old Trafford, it is suggested Ferguson's old assistant Mike Phelan will come in too as Solskjaer's right-hand man.

Phelan was let go by David Moyes when he succeeded Ferguson after being told there was no room for him in the coaching set up back in 2013.

United are currently being led my Michael Carrick while they look to sort the managerial situation, and they are preparing for Saturday's Premier League trip to Solskjaer's old side Cardiff (5.30pm).


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