Daily Mail

OLE’S THE MAN

Paris glory clinches the United job for Solskjaer

- By CHRIS WHEELER and ADAM CRAFTON

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER will be installed as Manchester United manager on a permanent basis, and it is now only a question of when — not if — the club confirm his appointmen­t.

United’s stunning Champions League win over Paris Saint- Germain has clinched the job for Solskjaer, who has transforme­d his old club since taking over as caretaker boss in December.

The 46-year-old held talks with United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward at the team hotel in Paris on Wednesday morning and also spoke with co-chairman Avram Glazer after the game.

Gary Neville has claimed his former team-mate could be appointed during the forthcomin­g internatio­nal break, but United insist they will not be rushed into an announceme­nt.

Although Woodward was giving nothing away as he posed for pictures with fans at the airport in Paris, the players are convinced Solskjaer is staying. ‘I think it has been decided,’ said striker Romelu Lukaku. ‘I think he is going to get it — he

THE morning after watching his side take Paris Saint-Germain to the cleaners, United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was spotted on the streets of Manchester dropping off his celebratio­n-battered matchday suit for a spruce-up.

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