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A few hours before the international soccer transfer window opens, Gunnar Stavrum has Nettavisen’s new soccer expert at home.
VALLEY IN OSLO (Nettavisen): After 34 years at Dagbladet, Morten Pedersen handed over his access card and registered at Hasle. Now the nose is directed towards Akersgata in central Oslo and a new role as a football expert and commentator on Mediehuset Nettavisen.
Pedersen is a leading figure in the Norwegian football and media community, and he thinks it is sad to leave the newspaper he has worked for for more than three decades.
– At the same time, it is simple and liberating, because Dagbladet wants a new course. I think differently and I don’t think that everyone should do the same, someone should do what they do best. I suffer from the “Zapatero, keep your last” syndrome, and if I keep the last one, that opportunity is in Nettavisen. When the opportunity opened there, it was very easy to say “morna” to Dagbladet and carry on with what I can, says Morten P, as he is known.
– This sounds like a conflict.
– Absolutely not. I have great respect for the Dagbladet editors and the decisions they make, but that doesn’t mean I have to agree with everyone.
– Star signature
Internally at Nettavisen, there is great joy in establishing a soccer authority in the commentary corps.
– We have made a star signing. Morten Pedersen is one of the most prominent football commentators in the country. He has a wide network of sources and a good sense of what is going on in football, says editor-in-chief Gunnar Stavrum, who is used to eliciting considerable engagement with his political commentary.
– A good commentator pleases, annoys and hooks. “I am sure that Morten Pedersen will meet Nettavisen readers,” he emphasizes.
– The sun is safe
Morten Pedersen comments on Norwegian and English football on Nettavisen since the turn of the year. A natural recurrence in this way will be Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Manchester United. See the outlines of something big again at Old Trafford.
– Liverpool are the big favorites to win the Premier League again. But there is an important difference from last year, when they only made a single mistake. They have now lost 2-7 to Aston Villa and were only 1-1 against West Bromwich last time out. This is a league that all teams are currently stumbling into, and that has meant Manchester United with their fantastic away stats are in the lead, and they can stay as winners in May, says Pedersen, and draws a parallel to what Leicester did five years ago. as.
– I wrote around Christmas time 2015 that they could win, but it was like Manchester United was ruled out as a candidate for the title. At the end of the season, they were ten points ahead of Arsenal as the closest challenger.
– With an exit from the Champions League and embarrassing losses in the national league, many feared Solskjær’s job. Are you safe now?
– As long as something is true in football, your job is safe. And I’ve wanted to say it all along. When Solskjær became a permanent employee in the spring of 2019, he received acceptance of a long-term plan to build stone by stone. They have American owners who worry about businesses where the bank is not blown up every time an opportunity arises.
– Should those like Nettavisen secure stars in the transition window now?
– Not if the shirt costs them. They could have signed Erling Braut Haaland, but they refused because there were things in the transition that they didn’t like. The same goes for Jadon Sancho. That’s the Solskjær philosophy, and the owners like it.
– Are you a United fan?
– No. I’m monogamous. You can have a woman in each port, but you only have one soccer team. And I was born at Sverigesgate 17 in Vålerenga, so that choice came a long time ago. But it’s nice to have a Norwegian as a coach at one of the biggest clubs in the world.
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