A 4-1 defeat to Watford it was the last drop in the glass with Manchester United falling to seventh place in the table, 12 points behind front-runner Chelsea, with a shamefully negative goal difference. As early as October 24, after a 0-5 home win over Liverpool, everyone was waiting for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the manager who would lead the team to 2018, to be fired, but the Norwegian remained, despite the management having six days until the match against Tottenham. , and they didn’t even reach Solskjaer during the November national break, even though it would have been a good time to switch.
Goals for Watford – Manchester United
Especially since they’ve been teasing for a long time, Executive Vice President Ed Woodward is persecuting Zinédine Zidane, a former Real Madrid coach, on the instructions of the Glazers. Manchester Evening News knows Zidane’s contract would please Cristiano Ronaldo, who was annoyed by the team’s failure, and believes Zidane, with whom he won three BLs between Ronaldo and 2016, would go uphill. Portuguese star agent Jorge Mendes is said to have been captivating Woodward for a long time to get Zidane. According to newspaper reports, MU raises the stakes and offers Zidane an astronomical amount.
However, the Frenchman has not yet said yes, so it seems likely Darren Fletcher, the technical director, will sit on the bench on Tuesday in the BL match against Villarreal in Group F’s fifth round. Currently, United and Villarreal are 7-7 points, Atalanta has 5 points and the Young Boys have 3 points, so winning would be a lifeline.
If Zidane’s contract didn’t come together, Plan B would win Brendan Rodgers. Liverpool’s former Leicester current manager would have to be bought out of his running contract, which is also a cost-increasing factor. Solskjaer’s severance pay will be £ 7.75 million as the Norwegian has extended his contract for another three years this summer, but a clause says he will only be paid one year if he is fired.
Sources close to the club even cite Dutchman Erik ten Hag, Ajax head coach and Luis Enrique, the captain of the Spanish national team, as a possible successor to Solskjaer.
The Solskjaer era began in December 2018, when the club’s legendary player, one of the heroes of the 1999 incredible BL triumph, was asked to be a pop-up manager, but after winning 14 of his first 19 games with the team, he was finalized under pressure from fans. United finished third in its first full season, 2019-2020, and second in 2020-2021, but after a fantastic line-up of Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo, among others, they hoped for a big jump from the team this season. This has been a big failure so far, apparently the band has no game, and if Ronaldo, the scoring machine is not successful, catastrophic defeats will come. In the last seven league matches, only four of the possible 21 points have been scored, with United falling in a free fall that should somehow be stopped before the guard drops out of the Champions League and lags behind the international venues in the league.
On Saturday on Vicarage Road, fans had already demanded in chorus the departure of Solskjaer, who took responsibility for the failures. He undertook, however, to the journalists’ questions about the possible departure of the journalist that he would discuss this issue not with the reporter but with the person in charge of the club.
???? “If the club are thinking about doing something, that’s a conversation between us and not you and me.”
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer refuses to be drawn in to any questions about his future as the Man United manager pic.twitter.com/efxkhXm6QO
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) November 20, 2021
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In any case, the Glazer family instructed managing director Richard Arnold to negotiate with the Norwegian about the conditions for his departure.
UPDATE!
The following announcement was published on the official website of the club at 11.32 am Hungarian time:
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Manchester United announces the departure of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Ole will always remain the legend of Manchester United and we regret that we have reached this difficult decision. While the results of recent weeks have been disappointing, all of this should not obscure the work Ole has done over the past three years to rebuild the team and lay the groundwork for long-term success.
We leave you with our most sincere gratitude, thank you for the tireless work you have done as a manager, and wish you all the best for the rest. His place will be forever in the history of the club, not only because of his performance as a player, but also because he is both a great man and a manager to whom we owe many unforgettable moments. He will always be a welcome guest at Old Trafford as part of Manchester United’s big family.
In the upcoming matches Michael Carrick manages the team while the club is on track to appoint a temporary manager for the remainder of the season.
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