Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has stated there have been Manchester United gamers “in tears” at half-time of his closing recreation in cost.
Solskjaer’s tenure got here to a crushing finish in November 2021 with a 4-1 defeat at relegation-battling Watford. It was the end result of a string of poor outcomes which in the end made Old Trafford chiefs swing the axe.
The Red Devils legend might sense his time was up, and it appears so might the gamers after Joshua King and Ismaila Sarr had put the hosts two to the great on the break – with a few of them crying within the dressing room.
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“It hit me laborious the primary day as a result of I knew the day earlier than [I was getting sacked], 100% at half-time towards Watford I knew, that’s it,” Solskjaer defined on the Stick to Football podcast.
“So, the crew speak at half-time was about whoever needs to play, can play, get your hand up should you don’t need to play, made just a few modifications, couple of the lads in tears, and I had a go after which after the sport I knew.”
Scott McTominay and Marcus Rashford were replaced by Donny van de Beek and Anthony Martial at the break. Van de Beek halved the deficit less than five minutes after the restart.
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But Harry Maguire was despatched off for a second yellow card with slightly over 20 minutes to go, and Watford compounded United’s distress with stoppage-time strikes from Joao Pedro and Emmanuel Dennis.
Solskjaer “didn’t hear anything” after the match however obtained a textual content the next morning which learn “I want to see you in your office”, leaving him in little doubt that he was headed for the exit door.
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“I just left my wife at the airport and then text her, ‘I think I’ll be coming back with you’, and it took about five minutes with Ed [Woodward] and then stayed and spoke to some of the lads and did an interview,” he recalled.
Solskjaer sat down with the membership’s media crew to replicate on his time in cost in an ordinary departure, which he stated he had to take action he might depart on the fitting groups.
He continued: “I needed to do it properly because I’ve always seen managers when they leave, it’s like two months later, slag someone off and that’s not me. I’m like no, I want to do it now, tell everyone that I’m proud and privileged and move on.”