Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has warned Manchester United against appointing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, it would be very strange for the club to return to the Norwegian manager after sacking Ruben Amorim, and he would only see the sense in appointing either Darren Fletcher or Michael Carrick.
Shearer added that he does not see why MUFC should reappoint a manager they already sacked.
His words, “I wasn’t surprised at all that Amorim was sacked in the end. I think Ruben Amorim knew it was coming. He gave them no choice with his outburst after the Leeds game. In any walk of life, if you publicly criticise your boss, you know what’s going to happen. Once he did that, it was just a matter of time. I think he knew what he was doing, he knew the writing was on the wall and that rant was his way of trying to take other people down with him.
It would be a really strange appointment to go back to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. I understand Darren Fletcher or Michael Carrick, but I wouldn’t understand going back to a guy the club have already sacked. I know Ole played for the club, has a great history and affinity there, and did well as an interim, but they sacked him for a reason.
I totally understand Carrick or Fletcher to get them through to the end of the season. But it does seem like a recurring thing, and they have to be really careful. If the interim does well, they have to be really careful not to get stuck in that trap again. There will be big-name managers available in the summer – maybe Thomas Tuchel, depending on England’s World Cup, maybe Carlo Ancelotti depending on Brazil.
You stop the cycle by getting a really strong, big character in and letting him do the job. It’s no coincidence that the three clubs at the top – Villa, City, and Arsenal – are all basically run by their managers.
They have directors of football, but they work in sync. That has to happen at Man United to get them anywhere near where they want to be.”
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Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.
Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.
The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992 the left and the right, but he’s not got any sense of danger yet, and empties the midfield area too readily.
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