Ex-United player Marcus Rashford stated it dryly on the podcast The Rest is Football: “People have been saying for years that we have been in a transition phase, but to be in a transition phase you actually have to start it. It hasn’t started yet.” With Sir Jim Ratcliffe, everything should change, but if you ask Rashford after watching Wednesday’s League Cup second-round exit for United, after one point from two Premier League games, Rashford will probably answer: “What did I say..” After the loss to League Two club Grimsby, we choose to point to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer again.
We know Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can’t solve everything, but as Harry Maguire put it recently: “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.” English Goal named Solskjaer the best United manager since Ferguson. This was before the arrival of Ruben Amorim. This position still stands.
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We will not drag it out in a long analysis of Solskjaer’s excellence as United manager, but content ourselves with stating that Ruben Amorim football does not work on English turf. Against Grimsby, Amorim had eight changes to their starting eleven from the Fulham game, but had players on the pitch costing more than £400 million in transfer fees.
Here is the analysis Goal made with Solskjaer as the best Man Utd coach since Ferguson
We love Ruben Amorim as a type, but if Solskjaer had been close to getting the same patience in the managerial job at Old Trafford (and players) as the Portuguese, then the United legend would still be steering the United ship. At that time, Manchester United still had the build-up Rashford was looking for in the upper part of the Premier League. Not in 15th place, nor with a cup loss against Grimsby.
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Solskjaer himself has stated that he will return immediately if Manchester United call. We’ll just mention it, Ratcliffe.
