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MAN U BREEDING NEW ROONEY AND RONALDO, SAYS OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, according to Manchester Evening News, believes Manchester United have two players similar to Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo in their current squad.

The United manager has brought fast counter-attacking football back to the club, something which he thinks is possible due to their new attacking axis utilising pacey forwards.

United’s new approach has been pivotal to the manner of performance under the Norwegian coach, with away wins at both Tottenham and Arsenal fine examples of their fresh style.

And although there are many differences between his current side and the one which won the Champions League 11 years ago, Solskjaer believes Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford are playing similarly to Rooney and Ronaldo.

“Even though we have different players, Marcus and Anthony are not very different to Cristiano and Wayne,” he told Sky Sports . “Jesse with his pace and Ji-Sung, there are so many similarities, and we should never forget those games because they are part of our history.”

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Solskjaer revealed that ahead of that meeting at the Emirates he showed the team clips of both his goal against Arsenal in 1997, as well as clips from the famous 2009 Champions League semi-final.

The Norwegian coach added that his approach at United has been hugely boosted by the trust which he has in his players. Solskjaer continued: “My belief is to trust players and to trust them to play the right way. To try to dominate teams, to try to win games the right way. To play the way that we do now with Manchester United.”

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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