After returning to the club as manager during the 2018-19 season, Solskjaer led the team to successive top four finishes in the Premier League.
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Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has signed a new contract at Manchester United that will extend his stay at the club until 2024, with an option for a further year. A former striker, Solskjaer returned to the Old Trafford club as manager during the 2018-19 season. The Norwegian led the club to a third-place Premier League finish in his first full season in charge. Solskjaer then guided the team to a second-place finish in the domestic league and the final of the Europa League last campaign. Ed Woodward, Executive Vice-Chairman, said, “Ole and his staff have worked tirelessly putting the foundations in place for long-term success on the pitch.”
“The results of that have become increasingly visible over the past two seasons and we are all looking forward to seeing this exciting team develop further in the years ahead. What is especially pleasing is the way this progress has been achieved with a blend of young, homegrown talent and top-class recruits, playing attacking football in the best traditions of Manchester United. We are more confident than ever that, under Ole’s leadership, we are heading in the right direction.”
A delighted Solskjaer said the players are “hungry for success” after signing his new contract. “Everyone knows the feeling I have for this club, and I am delighted to have signed this new contract. It is an exciting time for Manchester United, we have built a squad with a good balance of youth and experienced players that are hungry for success,” Ole Gunnar Solskjaer added.
“I have a fantastic coaching team around me, and we are all ready to take that next step on our journey. Manchester United wants to be winning the biggest and best trophies and that’s what we are all striving for. We have improved, both on and off the pitch, and that will continue over the coming seasons. I can’t wait to get out in front of a packed Old Trafford and get this campaign started.”
Stressing that the club has improved over the last few years, the manager has emphasised the importance of taking the “next step”. “Of course it’s exciting. I’m very happy to be trusted to be a part of it. For me there are loads of things in the offing, I think we’re looking at plans for training grounds, we’re planning of course for work at Old Trafford and you want to be part of that. The last few years we’ve improved and we just want to take the next step,” Ole Gunnar Solskjaer told the club’s media.
“We’re here to win of course. I can’t say we’re delighted with what’s happened so far because we haven’t won anything, but still, like what I’ve just said, the progress is there and I feel the squad is in a much better place and I think we’re gradually getting there by just what we’re doing every single day. We haven’t got a trophy to show for it, but I think we feel stronger and ready for the next challenge.”
