Manchester United will draw conclusions from the sporting downturn and the desperate appearance against basement child Watford and part with team manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Corresponding reports from England can confirm SPOX and GOAL. An official announcement from the club is still pending. Zinedine Zidane is a possible successor.
On Saturday, the Red Devils at the Hornets lost 1: 4 (0: 2) in the first round despite a missed penalty by the hosts. Afterward, club bosses Joel Glazer and Ed Woodward held an emergency meeting about Solskjaer’s future.
The Watford bankruptcy was the fifth of the past seven Premier League games. The 5-0 debacle in the traditional duel against Liverpool and the 2-0 defeat against city rivals Manchester City at the end of October and beginning of November weighed particularly heavily.
United didn’t stand a chance in either game. Against the Reds, the English record champions were 4-0 down at half-time at Old Trafford – the highest break for United in Premier League history.
After this historical debacle at the latest, Solskjaer was in the focus of criticism and, according to media reports, he was about to be fired. However, the club’s management decided to give the Norwegian another chance after the international break.
The team will be looked after on Tuesday in the Champions League at Villarreal FC by technical director Darren Fletcher, another former United professional. Then Zidane should be signed as soon as possible, who had won the championship title three times with Real Madrid. The Frenchman is currently paused.
Manchester United: Emergency meeting before Watford game
Solskjaer is said to have called a crisis meeting with the leading players Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Maguire, Bruno Fernandes, Luke Shaw, Victor Lindelöf and Nemanja Matic before the Watford bankruptcy. In terms of content, it should have been about the tactical direction of the team after they had recently played with a three-way defensive chain without success. In addition, it was fundamentally discussed how a U-turn could be brought about in the current season.
But Solskjaer, who took over the position of manager in December 2018 – initially on an interim basis, then permanently – from Jose Mourinho, will no longer be involved. With five defeats after twelve games, United are currently only in seventh place.
