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The English club Manchester United announced Wednesday that the Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer He was named interim coach of the team for the remainder of the season, after José's dismissal Mourinho.
The North England club decided yesterday to terminate the contract of the Portuguese technician with immediate effect after the poor performance of the team since the beginning of this campaign in August.
Mourinho, 55, won a Europa League and League Cup in his first season with the "Red Devils", but in his second season he was whitened, second in the championship, at 19 points from the leader.
"Manchester United is in my heart and it's great to be able to come back here as a coach.I look forward to working with the talented team we have, with the team and with all the members of the team. club, "said Solskjaer on the website of the" Red Devils ", in which already played as a player for eleven seasons (1996-2007).
The former coach of the Norwegian cast, aged 45, will form a technical team with Mike Phelan, Kieran McKenna and former United Michael Carrick.
"Ole is a club legend with tremendous experience, both on the pitch and in the coaching role, his experience at Manchester United means that he lives and breathes the culture of this team and we are all delighted to have it with him, "said Vice President Ed Woodward.
The first test for Solskjaer will be the match of "Premier" this Saturday against Cardiff, which he had already managed between January and September 2014 and with which he had won only nine of the 30 matches played during this period.
As a United player, the former Norwegian striker won six league titles and scored 126 goals in 366 games, one of them in the final Champions League that the "red devils", later trained by Alex Ferguson, beat Bayern Munich.
After his retirement, he led Manchester United's under-23 squad for four seasons, which allowed Molde to make a leap in 2011 with which he won two titles.
In this sense, the interim coach of United will return to this Norwegian club next May, while Old Trafford is already hoping to have his future coach.
"We are delighted to be able to donate to Ole Gunnar, we wish these two great successes," said Molde Executive Director Oystein Neerland. EFE
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