' Cardiff City manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sees red '

Cardiff City manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sees red as questions turn to Manchester United’s woes


Manchester United hero Ole Gunnar Solskjaer refused to talk about his former club's troubles but is expecting a warm reception on and off the pitch when he returns to Old Trafford as manager of Cardiff City

Living the dream: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will return to Manchester United as manager of Cardiff City.
By Mark Ogden, 28th Jan 2014 .


Ole Gunnar Solskjaer may have been wearing Cardiff City’s red dragon on his chest, but the old loyalties to Manchester United resurfaced as he faced down a question about David Moyes’s battle to emerge from Sir Alex Ferguson’s shadow at his former club.
“I just give up on these questions,” Solskjaer said. “I think you are being absolutely ridiculous. I’ve spoken to David quite a few times since I’ve come over here and we get along well. He came into the job looking forward to it, so I’m not going to sit and talk about that. He works for Man United and I work for Cardiff.”

Discussing his return to Old Trafford at a press conference staged in Manchester’s exclusive Cloud 23 bar, it was a rare flash of annoyance from the Norwegian as he contemplated renewing acquaintance with United.
But while he refused to dissect United’s adjustment to life after Ferguson, Solskjaer is aware that he will find himself in an unusual situation when he takes his seat in the visitors’ dugout on Tuesday night.


For all of the backing Moyes receives from the United supporters – and it remains solid and vocal, despite the team’s poor recent run – the reception afforded to Solskjaer when he returns as Cardiff manager is likely to match that bestowed on David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo when they trod the Old Trafford turf for the first time in opposing colours.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer may have been wearing Cardiff City’s red dragon on his chest, but the old loyalties to Manchester United resurfaced as he faced down a question about David Moyes’s battle to emerge from Sir Alex Ferguson’s shadow at his former club.
“I just give up on these questions,” Solskjaer said. “I think you are being absolutely ridiculous. I’ve spoken to David quite a few times since I’ve come over here and we get along well. He came into the job looking forward to it, so I’m not going to sit and talk about that. He works for Man United and I work for Cardiff.”

One thing that got well known in Norway was that OGS always showed the other manager 100% respect when media tried to ask questions that could be used against him.

For me this does not look like an act of loyalty towards Man U, rather a statement to the journalist that he wont be answering questions that can put a fellow manager in the spotlight for wrong reasons.