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Manchester United have had a disastrous start to the season. The team lost 1-3 to Crystal Palace at Old Trafford in the season opener, before taking a lucky 3-2 win against Brighton in the next round of the series.
Last weekend, however, Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s men lost 1-6 against José Mourinho’s Tottenham. It has accelerated speculation that Solskjær’s future as coach at Old Trafford is in jeopardy.
FAKSMILIE: The Daily Mirror søndag.
On Sunday, The Mirror writes that Manchester United’s powerful manager Ed Woodward will not hesitate to fire club legend Solskjær if results do not improve quickly. The newspaper affirms that they have received the information from what they call “central sources of the club.”
– Have the replacement ready
The United manager is aware that the fans will likely react strongly if he expels the club’s hero from the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in 1999, but will put all sentimentality aside to ensure a rebound in sporting results. .
According to The Mirror and The Daily Mail, coach Mauricio Pochettino, currently unemployed, continues to be wanted by Manchester United.
“Key figures in the club’s management are fully aware that Pochettino has yet to accept a new managerial position and that he is ready to take up the post at Manchester United if the club cannot reverse the weak start to the season,” he says The Mirror.
The Argentine coach has been out of work since he was fired from Tottenham and replaced by José Mourinho almost eleven months ago. Sources close to Pochettino were quoted last month as saying that he will first return as coach “when a club enters the field that is the right project and that will allow him to make the most of his experience and skills on the big stage.”
– I don’t know if Solskjær has the support of the board
ESPN journalist Mark Ogden, who has covered Manchester United for 20 years, told TV 2 after the 1-6 loss to Tottenham that Solskjær’s position as United manager is in jeopardy.
– Is in danger. Maybe not during the national team break, but when you lose 1-6 at home, regardless of whether it’s ten men, it’s not good for a United manager. Ole is under pressure but is surviving for the moment, he said.
The ESPN reporter further said that one of the main reasons Solskjær is under pressure is that there are alternatives available, including former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino.
Hyller Solskjær: – You agree with how you think.
– I do not know if Solskjær has the support of the board. They see that he’s done a good job in terms of moving young players forward, but I’m not convinced they’re happy with the team’s development, Ogden said, adding:
– If Solskjær gets the match after this, he must win it. The pressure will increase. As long as Pochettino is available, the pressure will increase and increase and increase.
He was supported by renowned Independent soccer writer Miguel Delaney.
– Despite all the focus on transfers, Manchester United’s most important signing should be a new manager. That manager should, symbolically, be the manager who replaced Mourinho at Tottenham, freelance Miguel Delaney wrote in a comment last week.
TV 2 expert Erik Thorstvedt does not believe, however, that Ole Gunnar Solskjær lives as dangerously as the United boss as the English media claim.
– This season you should at least get it. But it is clear, they are in the lower half since now that Christmas is coming, then it is over, he said.
