Manchester: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must be fired as Manchester United manager, according to a broad report on Saturday after a shameful 4-1 defeat at Watford.
Solskjaer admitted that he was “shy” after his fifth defeat of his team in their last seven Premier League matches.
The Times, The Guardian and Manchester Evening News reported that the results of the emergency council meeting called after Watford’s defeat was to bring a three-year-old Norwegian mantra in charge at Old Trafford ended.
Solskjaer signed a new three-year contract in July and reportedly will be given a compensation package worth £ 7.5 million.
The club hierarchy was trapped by Solskjaer during a recent international break despite the humiliating defeat at Liverpool and Manchester City.
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United’s fifth defeat in seven Premier League matches raised pressure on Norwegian managers to the extreme level as the club boss decided whether to pull the worse plugbut was to come on the Vicarage road when Hornets who struggled could lose the first round penalty twice and still run out of comfortable winners.
Solskjaer has managed to rode a storm during a bad trip before taking over in 2018.
But United’s latest slides came after a heavy pre-season investment in Cristiano Ronaldo, Sancho Jadon and Raphael Varane which is expected to change the team for the first title winner since 2013.
The financial results were released this week for the first quarter of the season showing united wage bills have increased by 23 percent.
However, those who have not been appreciated in the field when the Red Devils found themselves 12 points adrift of the Premier League leaders Chelsea in the seventh and out of the League Cup.
The reaction after the OLE match.
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He secured a finishing top four to the back in the Premier League for the first time since the decline in the club began with retirement Alex Ferguson as manager in 2013.
However, Solskjaer, who was famous for scoring United’s winning goal in the 1999 Champions League final against Bayern Munich, failed to win the trophy since returning to the club.
His legendary status as a united player means that the 48-year-old maintained fan support even when the results declined in recent months.
But even they began to turn it on on Saturday when he was ridiculed while raising his hand in an apology.
“We are on duty,” Solskjaer said.
“The first round is the worst we have played and it is difficult for me to explain why we play the way we do it.” Children are in a terrible place in their heads now – we have disappointed themselves and fans.
It’s hard to stand here and explain it, but it’s football and we have to take inflammation for it.
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