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‘Solskjaer is hurting a lot of people at the moment’
Jul 4, 2020
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer “is hurting a lot of people at the moment”, according to Paul Parker, who thinks the Manchester United boss has successfully silenced his critics in 2020.
Solskjaer’s appointment as United’s permanent boss in March 2019 was initially a popular choice among supporters, who had been taken in by the club legend’s impressive interim spell in the hot seat following the sacking of Jose Mourinho.
However, results quickly took a turn for the worse after the 47-year-old was handed a three-year contract, and the Red Devils ended up finishing down in sixth in last season’s final Premier League standings.
Calls for Mauricio Pochettino, who was in charge of Tottenham at the time, to replace Solskjaer became widespread, but the Norwegian stuck to a rebuilding task admirably amid intense speculation over his future.
United’s struggles for inconsistency continued in the first half of the 2019-20 campaign, before the January arrival of Bruno Fernandes sparked a turnaround in fortunes.
The Red Devils are now in the hunt for a third-place finish as well as FA Cup and Europa League honours, and Parker thinks Solskjaer deserves more credit from fans and experts who were previously too quick to question his credentials.
The ex-United midfielder wrote in his latest column for Eurosport: “People are still struggling to come forward and say ‘Well done Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’, no one wants to do it because a lot of people wanted him to get the sack so they could follow up and say ‘we told you so’.
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