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By Shambhu Ajith

Modified May 15, 2019 14:42 GMT

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Solskjaer threatened to sell half of Manchester United players after defeat against Cardiff

He may be baby faced but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer seems to know where and when to draw the line. One of the Manchester United legends who have won almost everything under Alex Ferguson, the Norwegian seems to have taken a leaf or two out of Ferguson's notebook.

After Manchester United's underwhelming performance against Cardiff City on the last day of the recently concluded Premier League season, Solskjaer threatened to sell half of the United players in the summer and called them a disgrace.

He also stated that several Manchester United youngsters will get a run in the first-team next season. Ole said,

"I have to say it will be nice for them to get a full season somewhere and play, but then again maybe the best place to be is here, training with the best players in the world,"

"In this environment we've got a history of making them the best, but we've got loads of good examples of players being out for a year and coming back as men.

"Let's see what we decide with these boys, but I can see most of them staying here and getting their chances next year."

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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