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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer travels to Everton this weekend knowing he must stop the rot at Manchester United, having lost back-to-back matches and seeing the club ranked 15th in the Premier League.
Reports emerged this week that Solskjaer would be fired from United’s hot seat after a disappointing start to the season if he lost to high-flying Everton.
And if he did, history is not on his side for what happens next.
David Moyes, who replaced Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013, was fired after just 10 months in charge of having lost at Everton, the club he left for the Red Devils, at Goodison Park.
He even had a famous fan dressed as a Grim Reaper watching him from the front row of the stands.
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His successor Louis van Gaal was fired after winning the FA Cup in the final game of the season two years later in 2016, but the United management made the decision that he would have to leave two months earlier, following a 2-0 loss. Away from Liverpool in the Europa League, which is just across Stanley Park from Everton’s Goodison Park.
José Mourinho was the next to walk through the door and, although he led the club to the Europa League, the League Cup and a second-place finish during his two and a half years at the club, he was fired after another loss in Merseyside.
This time the loss came at Anfield, a 3-1 loss to the eventual Champions League champs, and Mourinho was sacked shortly after.
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Will Solskjaer follow that trend when he makes the dreaded trip to Merseyside?
Reports are circulating that Manchester United has already contacted former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino, who made a timely appearance on Sky Sports this week, almost as if to remind the Premier League that he is still around and ready to take another. job.
However, according to Sky Sports, United’s board of directors will continue to support Solskjaer even if the result does not go his way on Saturday night (AEDT) and they still see him as the man who will lead the club in the future.
Only time will tell whether the Merseyside curse continues or not.
