“Ole has done a remarkable job,” Southgate told talkSPORT. “I’m pleased for him.
“I was talking to Sir Alex Ferguson after the game, briefly, and he was saying ‘that’s the United DNA’. That never say die.
“Ole has been connecting with the fans. He knows the way United are and has those experiences.
“The players are playing with smiles on their faces and getting the best out of them.”
The BRILLIANT message Man Utd legend Sir Alex Ferguson gave Gareth Southgate after PSG win (Image: GETTY)
Manchester United beat PSG in the Champions League on Wednesday (Image: GETTY)
Sir Alex Ferguson won 13 Premier League titles with Manchester United (Image: GETTY)
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Gareth Southgate led England to the semi-finals of last year's World Cup (Image: GETTY)
Ferguson seems to be the king of short and sharp messages.
Solskjaer this week revealed the piece of advice that his former Manchester United manager gave him when he was given the caretaker job in December.
“We split the tasks between us,” Solskjaer told Norwegian podcast Fotballklubben while discussing his backroom staff.
“But Kieran [McKenna] and Michael Carrick do most of the training, Demps [Mark Dempsey] often has individual players, and me and Mick [Phelan] are less out on the training field.