Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was named the permanent manager of Man United last week with the management deciding to give him a three-year contract.
The Norwegian was only brought in as caretaker manager until the end of the season but under his guidance, the Red Devils seem to have found their mojo back.
United have been performing exceptionally well in the Premier League ever since Solskjaer took charge of the club and the club also have managed to get into the quarter-finals of the Champions League by beating PSG in the Round of 16.
But after being handed the three-year deal at Old Trafford, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claimed that he wishes to emulate Man City manager Pep Guardiola’s managerial career.
Here’s why:
“Naively enough or strangely enough, I’ve always had this belief and this strange dream about being the manager here [at Old Trafford],” said Solskjaer said.
“I didn’t think about it when I was a player until I got my bad injury, then I had the three years where I thought I needed to be a coach.
“Then in my last season, when I started working with the reserves, I thought ‘yeah, I like this, I like this environment’.
“And of course, when I saw the success – I know this [sounds odd] – what Guardiola did, he went for the reserves and then went into Barcelona, could I do the same?
“But it didn’t happen and I probably gave up my dream when Cardiff ended as it did. Then suddenly I’m here.
“But I still believe, in sport, you get what you deserve and I’ve worked very hard, I’ve been myself, I love working with human beings and maybe that’s what’s brought me here.”
