Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, former Manchester United manager has launched an attack on the current Red Devils' team, calling them "snowflakes".
The former Man United forward has explained that many players from the recent United team would have struggled to survive in Sir Alex Ferguson's dressing room.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer revealed how there were a few fights in the dressing room after bad games and clarified how they would shake each other up during his playing days.
The 1999 treble winner who was in charge of the United team during the 2019-2020 season said the current team would decompose under the same circumstances and even contact their parents to interfere.
Speaking to the reporters, he said; "The lads in that dressing room were absolutely fantastic. Keano was the leader, the one everyone looked up to".
"David May was the joker, the clown. Gary (Neville) is still the busiest and was the busiest back then as well, Nicky (Butt) and Giggsy (Ryan Giggs) were the entertainers".
"It was just a fantastic dressing room. Winners, who hated losing. They had a few fights, as you should do, after bad games. You had to shake each other up".
Ole added; "If you do that to the boys now, they will get their dad, or their mum, or their agents, snowflakes. Not many of today's lot would have survived in that dressing room".
The former Manchester United manager compared the current team's locker room to the wildly successful squads he was a part of as a player between 1996 and 2007.
After a tremendously successful playing career at Manchester United between 1996 and 2007, Solskjaer returned to Old Trafford in 2019 as the club's manager.
What happened to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Manchester United manager?
After a disastrous run of results continued with a 4-1 loss against Watford in November 2021, Solskjaer was fired as Manchester United manager.
After losing seven of his last 13 games in charge, the club decided to get rid of the Norwegian manager.
His time at Old Trafford was cut short, and many believe that the unrest in the Manchester United locker room was to blame.
Reportedly angering the team, Solskjaer made Harry Maguire captain after only six months on the job.
The England center-back was acquired from Leicester for £80 million in August 2019, but he was already serving as captain by January 2020.
Solskjaer's favoritism and strategies were also criticized, with some players apparently asking the manager why he refuses to make substitutions in a losing game.
What's next for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?
Manchester United are now in fourth place in the Premier League table under the leadership of Erik ten Hag, while Solskjaer is yet to get a job as manager.
Who's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?
Ole is a Norwegian professional football manager whose most recent role was manager of the Red Devils. He is also a former player who played as a forward for the English Premier League club.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer age;
Ole was born on the 26th of February, 1973, in Kristiansund, Norway.
Ole Gunnar solskjaer's career;
Solskjaer began his career in his native Norway with Clausenengen, where he played for five seasons and scored 115 goals in 109 league matches to help the team win promotion to the Norwegian Second Division in 1993, before joining Molde, who had just been promoted to the Tippeligaen.
His goals helped them finish second, earning them a spot in the UEFA Cup.
For £1.5 million, he transferred to Manchester United in July of 1996. He was nicknamed "the Baby-faced Assassin" for his 126 goals scored in 366 games for United.
He was called a "super-sub" because of his ability to score late goals after coming off the bench.
He scored the game-winning goal in the 92nd minute of the 1999 UEFA Champions League final against Bayern Munich to give Manchester United the treble after they trailed 1-0 at the time.
Even after suffering a career-ending knee injury in 2003, he continued to be a mainstay for the team. Due to his inability to play football after recovering from his injuries, Solskjaer retired in 2007.
Solskjaer continued to work with Manchester United, both as a coach and an ambassador.
Solskjaer took over as the club's reserve squad manager in 2008. In 2011, he moved back to his home country to take over as manager of Molde, the club he had previously played for and helped win the Tippeligaen for the first time in the club's history.
When his team won the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup Final, he gained his third championship.
Cardiff City was demoted from the Premier League while he was the club's manager in 2014.
Solskjaer replaced José Mourinho as Manchester United's interim manager late in the 2018–19 season.
After leading Manchester United to 14 wins in his first 19 games in charge, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was offered the job permanently. He accepted a three-year contract to become the club's permanent manager on March 28.
Manchester United lost on penalties to Villarreal in the UEFA Europa League final that he led them to in 2021. After a string of disappointing games during the 2021-22 season, the club fired him in November 2022.
The former Man United forward has explained that many players from the recent United team would have struggled to survive in Sir Alex Ferguson's dressing room.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer revealed how there were a few fights in the dressing room after bad games and clarified how they would shake each other up during his playing days.
The 1999 treble winner who was in charge of the United team during the 2019-2020 season said the current team would decompose under the same circumstances and even contact their parents to interfere.
Speaking to the reporters, he said; "The lads in that dressing room were absolutely fantastic. Keano was the leader, the one everyone looked up to".
"David May was the joker, the clown. Gary (Neville) is still the busiest and was the busiest back then as well, Nicky (Butt) and Giggsy (Ryan Giggs) were the entertainers".
"It was just a fantastic dressing room. Winners, who hated losing. They had a few fights, as you should do, after bad games. You had to shake each other up".
Ole added; "If you do that to the boys now, they will get their dad, or their mum, or their agents, snowflakes. Not many of today's lot would have survived in that dressing room".
The former Manchester United manager compared the current team's locker room to the wildly successful squads he was a part of as a player between 1996 and 2007.
After a tremendously successful playing career at Manchester United between 1996 and 2007, Solskjaer returned to Old Trafford in 2019 as the club's manager.
What happened to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Manchester United manager?
After a disastrous run of results continued with a 4-1 loss against Watford in November 2021, Solskjaer was fired as Manchester United manager.
After losing seven of his last 13 games in charge, the club decided to get rid of the Norwegian manager.
His time at Old Trafford was cut short, and many believe that the unrest in the Manchester United locker room was to blame.
Reportedly angering the team, Solskjaer made Harry Maguire captain after only six months on the job.
The England center-back was acquired from Leicester for £80 million in August 2019, but he was already serving as captain by January 2020.
Solskjaer's favoritism and strategies were also criticized, with some players apparently asking the manager why he refuses to make substitutions in a losing game.
What's next for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?
Manchester United are now in fourth place in the Premier League table under the leadership of Erik ten Hag, while Solskjaer is yet to get a job as manager.
Who's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?
Ole is a Norwegian professional football manager whose most recent role was manager of the Red Devils. He is also a former player who played as a forward for the English Premier League club.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer age;
Ole was born on the 26th of February, 1973, in Kristiansund, Norway.
Ole Gunnar solskjaer's career;
Solskjaer began his career in his native Norway with Clausenengen, where he played for five seasons and scored 115 goals in 109 league matches to help the team win promotion to the Norwegian Second Division in 1993, before joining Molde, who had just been promoted to the Tippeligaen.
His goals helped them finish second, earning them a spot in the UEFA Cup.
For £1.5 million, he transferred to Manchester United in July of 1996. He was nicknamed "the Baby-faced Assassin" for his 126 goals scored in 366 games for United.
He was called a "super-sub" because of his ability to score late goals after coming off the bench.
He scored the game-winning goal in the 92nd minute of the 1999 UEFA Champions League final against Bayern Munich to give Manchester United the treble after they trailed 1-0 at the time.
Even after suffering a career-ending knee injury in 2003, he continued to be a mainstay for the team. Due to his inability to play football after recovering from his injuries, Solskjaer retired in 2007.
Solskjaer continued to work with Manchester United, both as a coach and an ambassador.
Solskjaer took over as the club's reserve squad manager in 2008. In 2011, he moved back to his home country to take over as manager of Molde, the club he had previously played for and helped win the Tippeligaen for the first time in the club's history.
When his team won the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup Final, he gained his third championship.
Cardiff City was demoted from the Premier League while he was the club's manager in 2014.
Solskjaer replaced José Mourinho as Manchester United's interim manager late in the 2018–19 season.
After leading Manchester United to 14 wins in his first 19 games in charge, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was offered the job permanently. He accepted a three-year contract to become the club's permanent manager on March 28.
Manchester United lost on penalties to Villarreal in the UEFA Europa League final that he led them to in 2021. After a string of disappointing games during the 2021-22 season, the club fired him in November 2022.
