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Solskjaer returns as Molde coach

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has returned as coach of Tippeligaen champions Molde, taking over from caretaker boss Erling Moe on a three-and-a-half-year deal.

Former Norway, Manchester United and Molde striker Solskjaer led the club to two league titles and the Norwegian Football Cup during his previous three-year spell at the Aker Stadion.

The 42-year-old left for Cardiff City in January 2014, but was sacked after nine months, having failed to keep the club in the Premier League.

Solskjaer – whose first game will be Thursday's Europa League visit of Celtic – takes over a side seventh in the Norwegian top flight who have been coached by Moe since Tor Ole Skullerud's exit in August.