Man Utd players are a ‘privilege’ to have says Solskjaer
Manchester United should still sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer this summer and replace him with Mauricio Pochettino, claims former Chelsea and France defender Frank Leboeuf. Pochettino has been widely reported as United’s No 1 target as their next manager if they were to sack Solskjaer. The Argentine was sacked himself last November by Tottenham and was effectively placed on gardening leave by the north London club until the end of this season.
In the meantime, Solskjaer has led United on a fine run of form where they are unbeaten in 10 games in all competitions.
They have favourable draws in both the last-16 of the Europa League and quarter-finals of the FA Cup and Sunday’s win over rivals Manchester City moved strengthened their chances of finishing the Premier League season in a Champions League qualification spot.
But it seems that is not enough for Leboeuf, who when asked if United should stick with Solskjaer or appoint Pochettino in the summer, chose the latter.
“Pochettino, Pochettino, let’s go for it,” he told ESPN FC.
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“The first 15-20 minutes were harder than maybe we should have made it.
“We started hurrying them and harassing them higher up and created chances, we had some big ones.
"It’s a privilege to have players like this. The desire and work-rate, that’s what I think the fans love about these players.
“To see the connections between the players, the team and the fans today - what an atmosphere.
“At the end, seeing everyone in the stands. You turn around and you see Sir Alex [Ferguson] up there, he is proud and it's a big moment for every one of us.“