Reveals the secret of his success with Chile striker

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER doesn’t speak Spanish and Alexis Sanchez has no real grasp of English.

A nightmare for any player and manager you’d imagine.

But the Manchester United boss (with the Chile s t r i ker, below) has admitted the pair s hare a universal language they both understand – success.

United’s swashbuckling caretaker manager has revealed he’s had several heart-to-heart chats with Sanchez in broken English over the last few days to try to turn him into an Old Trafford star fit to wear the iconic No.7 shirt.

And after t he s t r i ker’s triumphant return to hostile territory in Friday’s 3-1 FA Cup win over Arsenal at the Emirates, Solskjaer reckons his lines of communication with the attacker acker are now well and truly open – despite espite the language barrier.

“Well, in my broken English! ish! With his broken English... No, you u try to sit him down and speak to him,” Solskjaer said.

“But he’s a really hard-working, working, proud man, and he is really determined to prove his worth rth and he has been fantastic since I came.

“His work rate has been brilliant in training.

Personality

South American wanting an escape route – until Solskjaer stepped in.

But despite a salary rumoured to be a staggering £450,000 a week, Sanchez gets no favours from Solskjaer.

Nor is he penalised for an eyewatering pay packet that dwarfs even Paul Pogba’s £290,000 a week.

“Everyone gets treated the same,” said Solskjaer after seeing United make it eight wins from eight games. substance than simply the bounce effect of a new manager. The 1999 Treble hero has tactical nous as well as communications skills.

And he has the attacking instincts of bold United managers of the past – Sir Matt Busby, Sir Alex Ferguson, Ron Atkinson and Tommy Docherty.

Leading 2-1 at Arsenal and with Unai Emery’s side pressing for an equaliser, he didn’t shut up shop.

Instead, he chucked on Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial with 20 minutes to go – and watched the French striker kill the game with a sublime counter-attacking clincher.

“Well that’s the way I’m brought up and that’s the way I’ve always been as a man, to be fair,” Solskjaer said.

“You always have to see every opportunity as it arises. But I can never say never. If there’s a time we want to shut up shop – sometimes you have to shut up shop and you just defend.

“But if you want to defend you need a counter-attacking threat at the other end and we do have players who make a difference in that respect.”

If United beat Burnley on Tuesday they can draw level with Chelsea in fourth place, albeit only for 24 hours.

And asked if this could be a memorable season, Solskjaer didn’t hesitate. “Definitely,” he said. “Tuesday is going to be massive for us. At home in the league we’re expected to win.

“After After a big win like this, complacency is maybe our biggest danger. But looking at these players, I don’t think it will

happen.”