Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 07:01• Chris Meijer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has retained confidence as Manchester United manager for the time being, but it remains to be seen how long the Norwegian’s job will be safe. The Times brings out the necessary details about the dissatisfaction within the squad, which was vented after a team meeting following last week’s 4-2 loss to Leicester City. Among other things, it would have been questioned why Solskjaer made Harry Maguire captain so quickly.

Manchester United’s squad met two days after the defeat to Leicester City to clear the air. Solskjaer asked his players what needed to be done to reverse the bad streak and then faced some criticism. A not through The Times The named player questioned Solskjaer’s decision to make Maguire captain just six months after coming from Leicester City (for £87million in 2019).

There are also questions about the selection policy of Solskjaer, who according to players invariably fails to pass underperforming players. Players who perform well in training would also be rewarded too little under the Norwegian coach in the form of a starting place. At the same time, the players accused each other of showing too little motivation during the training sessions. The Athletic wrote earlier that the players of Manchester United Solskjaer do not attribute the tactical ability of, for example, Thomas Tuchel, Josep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp.

Despite the shameful loss to Liverpool (0-5) following the defeat against Leicester City, the club management of Manchester United will not fire Solskjaer for the time being. That’s according to The Sun thanks in part to Sir Alex Ferguson, who ‘race’ to Carrington training complex on Tuesday to support Solskjaer during the crisis meeting. Nevertheless, according to the English boulevard newspaper, there is already a four-man shortlist for the succession of Solskjaer, with the names of Antonio Conte, Zinedine Zidane (both clubless), Brendan Rodgers (Leicester City) and Erik ten Hag (Ajax) on it. Although transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano previously considered the chance that Ten Hag would leave Ajax for Manchester United.

Solskjaer would have three games left to save his job. Manchester United will take on Tottenham Hotspur next Saturday in London. Then an away game against Atalanta in the group stage of the Champions League awaits on Tuesday, after which a home game against Manchester City is scheduled four days later. Manchester United have failed to win their last three Premier League games and are already eight points behind leaders Chelsea after nine games.