Manchester United’s replacement for Ruben Amorim at Old Trafford this season could end up being someone who Marcus Rashford has previously said is a “fantastic person”
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is in the running to take charge of Manchester United from Darren Fletcher until the end of this season after Ruben Amorim’s sacking. A return to Old Trafford could come mere months after Marcus Rashford spoke highly of his first stint at the club.
Rashford told the Danish television station TV2 in October last year: “Ole is a fantastic person. I loved playing under him. I can speak for many of the players at Manchester United when I say that we enjoyed playing for him. We played good football under Ole.
“It was a very successful period for me personally. He is a fantastic person, and I don’t have a bad word to say about him.”
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Rashford also said he talks to Solskjaer “from time to time”. However, he conceded that “it’s been a while now” since they last spoke.
The forward played more and scored more under him than any other United coach. Rashford had 55 goals and 36 assists across 135 matches.
Out of Erik ten Hag, Mourinho and Solskjaer, the academy graduate also managed his best minutes per goal while working with the latter. He averaged a goal every 182 minutes, compared to one every 199 for Ten Hag and every 251 under Mourinho.
Solskjaer took caretaker charge of United after they sacked Mourinho in December 2018, before being appointed as their permanent manager three months later. His tenure lasted just under three years in total, with Michael Carrick and then Ralf Rangnick taking interim charge before Ten Hag eventually took over.
Solskjaer spoke about Rashford during an appearance on The Rest is Football in November. He said: “I’ve not spoken to Marcus since I left. I text him a little bit, but circumstances.
“I don’t know what’s happened in his life, but you can see he’s certainly enjoying it now in Barcelona. It looked like he didn’t enjoy himself here. I don’t think that’s just Man United [not enjoying it], it’s everywhere.
“All the pressures, every single one is different, we don’t know what’s happened to the players when they walk in in the morning, grumpy, that’s the manager’s job: ‘What’s up? I can see something’s wrong.’
“We don’t know what’s happened, we just want him to do well. He’s an incredible player when he’s in form and happy; he’s got that energy. I go back to Erling Haaland, just the energy that he shows all the time, when he’s on the pitch, he shows that enthusiasm and energy, that’s the least.
“But what is it? Life? Too many games? We don’t know, but he’s found the right balance.”
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Sky Sports discounted Premier League and EFL package
Sky has slashed the price of its Essential TV and Sky Sports bundle ahead of the 2025/26 season, saving members £192 and offering more than 1,400 live matches across the Premier League, EFL and more.
Sky will show at least 215 live Premier League games next season, an increase of up to 100 more.
