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<\/p>\nOLE GUNNER SOLSKJAER has revealed in a new interview that he pleaded with United to sign five top players before he ultimately lost his job.<\/p>\n
Solskjaer was sacked following a 4-1 away defeat to Watford in November 2021 after a start to the season which saw them lose five of their opening seven games.<\/p>\n
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In an interview with The Athletic, Solskjaer opened up on everything that went wrong during his tenure, including tactics, signings and the club's ownership.<\/p>\n
And one area where he feels that he was not backed was in bringing transfers in.<\/p>\n
Solskjaer said he identified a number of stars with potential that United failed to sign during his tenure.<\/p>\n
He claims that United "couldn't" sign these young players and when he was asked by The Athletic who they were he said: "Erling Haaland, before he made his Salzburg debut.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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"Declan Rice, who wouldn\u2019t have cost what he did in the summer. <\/p>\n
"We discussed\u00a0Moises Caicedo, but we felt we needed players ready for there and then.\u00a0<\/p>\n
"Brighton\u00a0are very good at letting players come from abroad and find their feet for a year and a half. <\/p>\n
"At United, you don\u2019t have that luxury and that has cost the club loads of players.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n FREE BETS – BEST BETTING OFFERS AND BONUSES NEW CUSTOMERS<\/strong><\/p>\n He also explained how he'd asked the United board to sign Jude Bellingham, saying: "We wanted\u00a0Jude Bellingham\u00a0badly \u2014 he\u2019s a Man United player, but I respect he chose Dortmund. That was probably sensible. <\/p>\n "But it\u2019s why I respect\u00a0Aaron Wan-Bissaka\u00a0and Dan James and Jadon [Sancho]. <\/p>\n "Young players prepared to come into a team that wasn\u2019t 100 per cent there like it was when I arrived."<\/p>\n He also explained how he would have done his utmost to sign Harry Kane this summer had he still been the United manager.<\/p>\n Reports emerged yesterday that Kane "had his heart set" on a move to United and even would have waited until next summer to make the move on a free.<\/p>\n But united were not interested after turning their attentions to \u00a372million rated Rasmus Hojlund.<\/p>\n Speaking about his long-term interest in Kane, Solskjaer said: "I would have signed Kane every day of the week and my understanding was that he wanted to come. <\/p>\n "But the club didn\u2019t have the budget with the financial constraints from Covid-19, there was no bottomless pit."<\/p>\n Kane himself commented on United's interest this summer, saying: "Man United option for me last summer? Obviously there were talks with different clubs.<\/p>\n "But FC Bayern was a club I was really interested in.\u00a0Once they came in there weren't many other options.\u00a0<\/p>\n "Manchester United is a big club but I\u2019m very happy here."<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DK-SPORT-PREVIEW-BECKHAM.jpg\")
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