It was a cranky Bruno Fernandes after the 4-1 loss to Como. Cesc Fabregas had fooled Michael Carrick and sent the Como players into a game that left the United players behind for much of the game. For the Man United supporters, this was a game that sums up most of this season. Or even worse: That sums up years of sporting suffering.
Zero confidence in the players, a Michael Carrick who now seems more afraid of losing, than last season: This game we win, lads, everything else is immaterial. When you add in the fact that the opponents also don’t fear a meeting with one of the world’s biggest clubs – and the captain directly criticizes Carrick’s competence as a coach against Como – then we are at a point where change is approaching. Quickly.
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Antonio Conte has been heavily linked to United for the past month, the Italian fox himself has indirectly stated he wants a job like the one at Manchester United. For us, however, Conte is just a band-aid on an open wound. The Italian is a master at creating quick change, but also a master at leaving the club after 1 to 2 seasons.
Then we are back to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The United manager who was previously seen as too soft and lightweight by a coach compared to the big guns. The same man was praised by English Unitedinfocus earlier this year: “The Norwegian is without a doubt the club’s most successful manager after Sir Alex Ferguson.” The coach who has shown he is the best man for the job.
“Yes, he (Solskjaer) didn’t win a title, but Erik ten Hag did, and no one thinks he was successful when he led United to eighth place in the league. United (with Solskjaer) played brilliant football and faced two of the best teams ever – Pep Guardiola’s Man City and Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool, the English media explained.
Back in 2024 with Erik ten Hag still on guard, English Goal named Solskjaer the best Manchester United manager since Ferguson. This was before Ruben Amorim’s historically weak Premier League round. Now with Michael Carrick also in the Amorim groove with “weakest start to the season in 40 years!”, it would be hard not to acknowledge the feat Solskjaer did with Manchester United between the last month of 2018 and until November 2021).
Harry Maguire stated in 2025: “Ole did an incredible job, where the 2021 team was weaker, but the players were trained in an incredible way by Solskjaer and his coaching staff.”
Now to the circumstances surrounding Manchester City’s extensive breach of the Financial Fair Play rules (which is being appealed). There is already a lot of speculation about retrospective points penalties, which could lead to City being officially stripped of titles that the club won in the period in question.
If this happens, Manchester United will suddenly have three Premier League titles (11/12, 2017/18, 2020/21). The last one is then Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. In 2019/2020, Solskjaer led United to a 3rd place in the Premier League with City at the top. In the 2020/21 season, Solskjaer led United to 2nd place behind City.
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Had Solskjaer entered the 2021/22 season as the reigning Premier League champions, not a jaw would have considered “our man” too easy and forced a dismissal, on November 21. United were then in 7th place in the Premier League table, twelve points behind Chelsea at the top. As the reigning league champion, Solskjaer would have had peace of mind going forward.
Anyone who doesn’t remember Solskjaer’s coaching twice against PSG in the Champions League, where United football fought to victories?
Forget Conte, Manchester United now need Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
