Andy Mitten column: What we’ve learned from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first year at Manchester United

Solskjaer

A year has passed since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed caretaker manager of Manchester United. He wasn’t completely surprised to be offered the job. He knew that Jose Mourinho had lost serious support inside Old Trafford and had been sounded out for his thoughts, and he had attended a couple of games in the stadium which he often lit up. 

Life was great in Norway, his family living on one of the three islets which make up his hometown of Kristiansund. Solskjaer’s then club Molde – from the rival town an hour away by the stunning Atlantic highway – was flourishing under his tutelage. But who would turn down Manchester United?

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Andy Mitten
Editor at Large

Andy Mitten is Editor at Large of FourFourTwo, interviewing the likes of Lionel Messi, Eric Cantona, Sir Alex Ferguson and Diego Maradona for the magazine. He also founded and is editor of United We Stand, the Manchester United fanzine, and contributes to a number of publications, including GQ, the BBC and The Athletic.