While the Manchester United this Sunday it worsened the crisis of results by losing against Brightonone of his former coaches (and legendary former player), Ole Gunnar Solskjaeris back on the bench, where he hasn’t been since the Old Trafford club sacked him in 2021. And he’s suffering for ‘him’ Manchester United while waiting Athleticwhere the Besiktas (which he showed this Sunday on Solskjaer) will be measured this Wednesday in the Europa League.
Solksjaer He said this Sunday that he accepted the offer of Besiktas because it reminds him of his time as a coach of United. The 51-year-old Norwegian has signed for the aforementioned Turkish club until the end of the season, with an option to renew for another season.
Solskjaer took charge of Manchester United on a temporary basis (from the beginning to the end of the season) in December 2018, when the Old Trafford team was 6th in the Premier League (now 13th) and José Mourinho (current Fenerbahçe coach ) was dismissed.
Under Solskjaer, United managed to achieve 10 wins in 13 Premier games and the club offered him a 3-year contract. Under him, United finished third in one year and second in another and reached the final of the Europa League.
He was later dismissed in November 2021 after a poor start to the season (with United 7th). This Sunday Solskjaer explained that he is far from football as a coach “but I worked at UEFA and followed football, like Besiktas, this project is a bit like that of United when I arrived, we were sixth, then third and second, step by step”. The Norwegian said he had “many offers, but this is the right project for me.”
Besiktas, who have won the Turkish League 16 times, are 6th. They have been without a permanent coach since Giovanni van Bronckhorst left in November.
“I’ve followed United since I left and it’s difficult when they go down. We have to turn things around and hopefully they can do it now,” he said of the Old Trafford team situation.
Solskjaer praised Besiktas’ young talents Semih Kilicsoy (19) and Mustafa Hekimoglu (17). “But it’s not right to compare them now with Haaland, one of the best forwards in the world. But we will help them to be as good as they are,” said the coach.
He Solskjaer besiktas visit to Mourinho’s Fenerbahce (2nd 6 points behind the leader Galatasaray) in May in the league. The new Norwegian team is 20 points behind Galatasaray. Besiktas is 28th in the Europa League, one point outside the playoff zone. and they face Athletic (2nd) this Wednesday in Istanbul.
Source: La Verdad
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