Ratclliffe announced early on as the new United boss that now it was no longer looking backwards at the club’s history, now the focus should be on a modern Manchester United. When Sir Alex Ferguson was removed from the payroll as ambassador, while the recruitment department with the “old guys” was cut to make room for technology to find the right players on the market, everyone understood Man Utd was now going to break ties with “how we do it at Man Utd”. That could be the recipe for success in the long run. But no need to exaggerate by removing oneself from the “past”. Now it has emerged that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as coach would have been too humiliating a “step back” for the United management.
“Many in the top hierarchy at Manchester United believe it would be too big a step back to hire Ole Gunnar Solskjaer,” begins The Athletic journalist David Ornstein.
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Too big a step back. Not what is best for the club, but what will be perceived as embarrassing.
“He has been a manager before, and bringing him in as a temporary again may have clashed with some, including Ole himself. Based on the conversations I’ve had, Ole sees this as a longer project he would like to be a part of. A multi-year rebuild, unlike Michael Carrick, who didn’t mind being at the club for four months,” says Ornstein.
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