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Manchester United to pay Ole Gunnar £7.5m severance package
Former Manchester United coach, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will reportedly get a severance package in the region of £7.5m after both parties decided to call time on their working relationship.
Solskjaer’s sack was confirmed on Sunday after a board meeting that lasted over 5 hours on Saturday. The club reached an agreement with the coach to step aside out of respect in order for his depature not to be announced as a sack.
The club kept faith with the Norwegian and hoped for a turnaround but saw the club win just once since the 19th of September in the league.
Co-owner, Joel Glazer approved the board’s decision to replace Solskjaer and former United midfielder, Michael Carrick will now be in charge on a temporaray basis.
During his three years stay, he recorded 91 Wins, 40 defeats and 34 draws in 165 games.