‘Ole will return glory era, just give him time’

ANDREW COLE has warned it could take two years before Manchester United get back to the top.

The United legend believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (above) can return the club to former glories, but insists it will take a long time to match the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City.

But Cole reckons that when the Red Devils do get back to the top, they will stay there and dominate – just like they did in his heyday under Sir Alex

Ferguson. When asked how long it would take United to get back to the top, Cole said: “Two years. You saw Manchester City and Liverpool on Sunday – that’s the level United have to get to and that’s not going to happen by next season.

“Everything is a process. It’s about consistency. In football, it’s consistency and confidence, and if you marry those things together then football won’t change.

“You have to be consistent in that as well. The gaffer always used to say that if you had eight or nine playing well, of course you can carry the team. If you’re all playing well, then who is going to beat you? You need that belief.

“We used to beat teams in the tunnel. They’d want to keep us quiet for 20 minutes, but we’d want to score two in the first 20 minutes.

“It’ll take two years because you have to add two or three players and really improve the team. That’s where you find the consistency.

“Ole is a United legend and he knows what it takes. I hope he gets as much time as is needed. When United get it right, they get it right, and they dominate because they got it right.”