Ole Gunnar Solskjaer arrives for training while Manchester United boss focuses on Barcelona shock

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stepped up his preparations for visiting Barcelona in the Champions League as he arrived to train on Saturday morning.

The Norwegian boss was at Old Trafford on Friday night to watch Marcos Rojo on the under-23 side in a 1-1 draw against West Bromwich Albion.

With a reduced round of Premier League games, Solskjaer had a rare Saturday out of the trap but his players had to train with Lionel Messi and Co. in town for the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday night.

Messi will be the one who will watch and keep silence in Solskja's eyes. Speaking earlier this week, he joked that the club would like to see him if he was available to leave Barcelona.

"There is not really any particular position (which must be reinforced) but if (Lionel) Messi introduces himself, or (Cristiano) Ronaldo," Solskjaer told ESPN.

"If Ronaldo wants to go home, maybe we should bring him back, huh ?! When I arrived, I think the players were great. I think they are all so good.

"I just want to improve them and I think the work we have done on the training ground shows and that they improve."

Solskjaer orchestrated a famous victory over Paris Saint-Germain in Paris in the last 16 days before being given the job on a permanent basis. He will be looking for a similar shock against Barcelona, ​​the leader of La Liga.

Marcus Rashford's stoppage penalty at Parc des Princes allowed the Solskjaer team to become the first team in the history of the European Cup to bridge the two-goal deficit allocated to the first leg.

But as injuries and suspensions began to widen before a run that included the Champions League and a real battle to rank among the top four in the Premier League, Solskjaer spent the night on Friday badessing players likely to take Succession.

The Norwegian boss faces a small selection crisis before the clash between United and West Ham in eight days, while Luke Shaw and Ashley Young are expected to miss the match due to a suspension.

Shaw received Tuesday his 10th yellow card of the season in the defeat against the Wolves, which earned him a ban play for two games, while Young saw the red match for two fouls to reserve Molineux.

Under the command of Solskjaer, both men are pillars of the season. At a crucial time of the season, he has to face a real test of the confidence of the players on his team, who have little time to play if they are thrown into the game. ; gap.

Rojo, who has already replaced the player in the left-back, is considered the man from Solskjaer, but United's manager could think twice after Argentina's poor performance at Old Trafford on Friday.

United is out favorites for the first four places and also for its double header in the Champions League against the Catalan giants.

The Solskjaer team will host Barcelona at Old Trafford on April 10 and will visit Camp Nou on April 16 for the return leg.

The fans hope that Solskjaer will be able to evoke the spirit of the three-time winner of 1999 – he scored the winning goal in Barcelona against Bayern Munich in the Champions League final – on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the success of this team to guide United in the last four.