Solskjaer, wrong choice 'they don't know what they are doing' - Jenas blasts Man United

From Left: Jermaine Jenas (Former England and Tottenham midfielder) and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United Manager) - Getty

Jermaine Jenas, former England midfielder, says, Manchester United made the wrong choice by appointing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Manager.


Solskjaer, who scored United's winner in the 1999 Champions League final, replaced Jose Mourinho in December, initially for the rest of the season.

He won 10 of his first 11 games and was
appointed permanently in March, but has lost five of his past seven matches.

About Solskjaer being appointed as Man United Manager, BBCSport asked Jenas, he said: "I felt it was all emotional with Ole."

When Solskjaer took charge, United were sixth in the Premier League and 11 points off the top four. They remain in sixth position but are now only two points behind fourth-placed Arsenal.

Under the Norwegian, Man United overturned a 2 - 0 deficit against French side Paris Saint Germain (PSG) to win 3 - 1 and reach the Champions League quarter finals.

However, Spanish side Barcelona disgraced Solskjaer's Man United by ousting them by 4 - 0 aggregate in the QF.

Following the team's poor run in form, Solskjaer said on Friday that some of his players "need a reality check".

"One of the things they need to get away from is 'the Manchester United way' and 'that's not the way they used to do it'. What Sir Alex Ferguson did was very unique and United have found it very difficult to replicate with some of the best managers in the world.

"Pep Guardiola going to Manchester City didn't say 'what did Mancini and Pellegrini do to win the league?' He came in and did what he wanted to do.

"Jurgen Klopp did that at Liverpool, he had his own style. That's what United need. They need to find [a new identity]. Mourinho tried to do that but the club didn't buy into it.

"I don't think they know what they're doing."