‘KEANO CARRIED ME... I WANT MY OWN GLORY’

finish in the Premier League. United face Copenhagen in Cologne tomorrow night and Solskjaer is desperate to lift his first trophy as United boss.

The 47-year-old won six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the Champions League as a player and scored the Champions League Final goal that clinched the 1999 Treble. But Solskjaer insists lifting the Europa League trophy in Cologne on August 21 would be his finest moment.

Solskjaer said: “I am ambitious. That would be the proudest moment of my life.

“I owe my football career to this club so, to lift a trophy as a manager, would be the biggest achievement in my career.

“I was part of a fantastic team. Sometimes you just ride a wave on the sea you are in. The team I was in carried me –

Roy Keane would say his back was sore because he carried me! He is probably right.

“I contributed as well as I could, I was always ready for the team and the club.

“But if I could lift a trophy as a manager, that would be the proudest moment without a doubt.”

And Solskjaer believes European glory can be a springboard for another period of success after seeing his side lose two semi-finals this season. He said: “Winning trophies gives you more dedication and more focus.

“We put a plan together as a football club 18 months ago when I sat down with Ed Woodward – and it wasn’t going to be a quick fix.

“We want to build. We have been to the semi-finals of the EFL Cup and the FA Cup, and the next step is to get past that.”