Chelsea legend John Terry believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be relieved that he is gone as Manchester United manager.
Solskjaer has been a dead man walking for several weeks, with his team’s insipid displays and results eventually getting him the sack.
As the Red Devils prepare to take on Villarreal on Tuesday with Michael Carrick in temporary charge of the team, Terry will believe Solskjaer is relieved at the ordeal being over.
He told Sky Sports News: “When you are Man United like Ole was it is difficult to take. It will hurt him for sure.
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“But it is a results business, we all know that going into it. It is really sad it has happened but unfortunately it’s part and parcel of the job.
“It is difficult. Ole is Man United through and through but when you don’t get those results it is difficult.
“Yesterday when you see him walking off, apologising to the supporters, it is not a good place to be.
“In a way, he will be half-relieved too to be away from it.”
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Going, going, Gunnar.
It’s football. A brutal, dog eat dog sport.
After the Watford game, his counterpart Ranieri became a Watford legend overnight. Ole Gunnar on the other hand, sees his Man United adventure end in disgrace. He looked a broken man at the end of the game. As he walked out of the stadium, waving apologetically to irate fans, you could see that he was resisting the urge to run out of the pitch, run far away from all that negativity. But he bravely walked at a normal pace until he was out of sight.
Ole Gunnar is a Man United legend. Yet, he has become one of the most despised, ridiculed managers in Man United history, and perhaps in the history of football.
The average Man United fan hates Ole Gunnar with a passion. It’s so unfortunate.
Ole Gunnar will return to his family, and he should just try to relax. The hatred and ridicule will blow over. Time will heal the gaping wounds that currently fester.