Daily Star Sunday

Solskjaer Has got what it takes to be winner

- By HARRY PRATT

RALPH HASENHUTTL has tipped his hat to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for coping with the pressure in one of football’s hottest seats.

So far, that is.

The Southampto­n boss (right) believes his Man United counterpar­t has convinced the critics he can cope with the Old Trafford job but reckons that can still change with any sudden downturn in form.

Hasenhuttl said:

“In the beginning, people did not underestim­ate him as he had a very good start.

“Then it was the opposite. That’s one of the problems with our business. So now it’s a little bit special for the world to see what he’s doing.

“But the big challenges are to come. With these clubs, it’s always important you don’t just have a good 100-metre record. You need one in for the marathon, too. To be successful, you have to develop the team every day and every game over the whole season.

“You can never stop learning and improving.

“And you can never stop winning – because winning is normal and losing is always a disaster.

“Right now, he’s doing a good job in that respect.”

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