After several speculations related to Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s future as Manchester United manager after the loss to Liverpool on Sunday, Several British media now claim that the Norwegian has lost support among several players.
– Solskjær clings to the job after Manchester United’s hierarchy has had crisis talks about the manager’s future and the team’s collapse and worries about how the season is. Belief in a well-liked manager erodes the wardrobe, writes James Ducker in the British The Telegraph.
– Players stayed longer than usual at Old Trafford after the loss to Liverpool. “Senior figures” discuss whether one should get rid of Solskjær and players discuss his choices, claims Samuel Luckhurst in the Manchester Evening News.
Neither Ducker nor Luckhurst cites open sources on the speculation.
Monday night, VG wrote that rumors abound about the future of Solskjær. The speculation continued throughout the evening and night, and now several media claim that Solskjær has “lost his wardrobe”. This means that more players will no longer support him in the role of manager.
The Telegraph writes that a “source from the locker room” claims that there was dissatisfaction among some players related to Solskjær and the coaching team’s choice to start with the same team against Liverpool who struggled defensively in the first half against Atalanta in the Champions League four days earlier. The newspaper does not name any sources.
Here you can read about Solskjær’s ups and downs as Manchester United boss.
ESPN claims that Solskjær must have lost the trust of several in the team even before Sunday’s 0-5 loss to Liverpool. Nor do they refer to open sources.
The same channel claims that sources have given them information that the trust in Solskjær should lie primarily with the British players in the team.
On the other hand, Gary Neville stated in Sky Sports’ Premier League studio on Sunday that he thinks Solskjær will be out of the season.
– I did not think it could be so bad. This was a shock and the timing could not have been worse, he said on Sunday.
– There will be a massive pressure from the fans, media and from everyone that he should be fired, and I can understand why after that match, he continued.
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