Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said he has ordered club staff to not refer to him as the boss.
He said he told the workers at United’s Carrington training base to just address him as Ole — same way they did did when he was a footballer.
His words, “It’s all about the values in a family,” the Norwegian told United-Supporteren, a supporters’ club from Scandinavia. “That you care about each other, support each other and of course know each other.
“[Carrington receptionist] Kath was the first person I saw when I came here.
“Then I met the staff who’ve been here since I was a player. They started calling me ‘boss.’ I told them: ‘Stop that. My name is Ole. Call me Ole.’
“We’ve worked together and known each other for so many years. I didn’t want them to call me boss.”
He added that he wants to change the club off the pitch as well as on it.
“We have to protect the core values in a football club: the relationship between the coach and the players, and the relationship between everyone who works at Carrington,” he said.
“That’s what I’m working on. It should be a link between everyone. Between the academy and the first team. I will make sure that we send a message to the academy that there are possibilities here. We’re going to work together. That’s what the foundation of this club is built on.”
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