Former Manchester United player and Youth Team Coach, Ole GunnarSolskjaer has been appointed of premier league side Cardiff City.
Chairman of the premier league strugglers, Mehmet Dalman said “I’ve seen Ole play for many, many years. I like his style of football and his ideas on the game.
“There was only one name in my head from the very beginning. We’re delighted to welcome Ole to the club”.
The Norwegian was quick to admit how tough life is in the English football elite competition elite “It’s a fantastic challenge for me” adding that “I’ve always dreamt of being a manager in the Premier League and I’m delighted to get the opportunity.
“I’m really looking forward to the challenge ahead. I’m going to bring my energy and enthusiasm to the club.”
Solskjaer expressed optimism that the club will play to its potential and achieve results saying “I’m a very positive manager. I want to play a good style of football and yesterday we showed what a threat we can be.
“We want to push this club forward and up the Premier League. The quality of the staff and players is high here.
The former Red Devil will be facing his old side and reigning Premier League champions on January 28th at Old Trafford.
“We’ve got some of the toughest trips in world football coming up this month. They’re games we’ll relish and look forward to.” He said
Before his arrival in England, Solskjær played for the Norwegian clubs Clausenengenand Molde. He joined Manchester United in 1996, for a transfer fee of 1.5 million British pounds. Nicknamed “the Baby-faced Assassin”, he played 366 times for United, and scored 126 goals during a successful period for the club. He was regarded as a “super sub” for his trait of coming off the substitute benchto score late goals. Solskjær’s defining moment in football came in injury time of the 1999 UEFA CHampions League, where he scored the winning last-minute goalagainst Bayern Munich, completing a remarkable comeback and winning The Trebblefor United.
In 2007, Solskjær announced his retirement from football, after failing to recover from a serious knee injury.However, he remained at Manchester Unitedin a coaching role, as well as in an ambassadorial capacity. In 2008, Solskjær became the club’s reserve team manager. He returned to his native country in 2011 to manage his former club, Molde, whom he led to their two first ever Norwegian Leaguetitles in his first two seasons with the club. He secured a third title in as many seasons, when his team won the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup Final.
He also supervises a training academy for young footballers in his home town of Kristiansund, and is a patron of the Manchester United Supporters’ Trust.
