DBasia.news – Since winning the Premier League in 2013 in Sir Alex Ferguson’s last year in charge of Manchester United, the club nicknamed the Red Devils has never been the same. United struggled to maintain performance at the top level in England and Europe.
Filling the manager’s seat occupied by Ferguson for 26 years is not easy. David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, until now under the direction of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer are United managers after Ferguson.
Let alone fighting for the league title, maintaining a position in the top four (Champions League zone) is also not easy for United to do. Now, Solskjaer’s position on the edge following a series of minor results.
Despite having won 3-0 over Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League, the 0-5 defeat to Liverpool and 0-2 to Manchester City left scars. The two clubs are Man United’s rivals in England and from both games it appears United have not yet reached their level of play.
Solskjaer is prone to being sacked by the torrent of criticism that comes, but according to former United striker (former Solskjaer’s teammate), Andy Cole, United’s slump is not solely Solskjaer’s fault. According to him, it is not easy to continue United’s glory after Ferguson retired.
“The level of criticism given to Ole has disappointed me. I don’t think any manager should accept that kind of criticism; whether it’s United or non-league,” Cole was quoted as saying by Sky Sports.
“I think they are trying to work to the best of their ability. He is trying like everyone else has tried before.”
“Whether he’s my former team-mate or not, even if it’s someone I don’t know, I don’t want people to talk about them like that. But I don’t like him because when I played with him. I’m very familiar with him, seeing him in this position now. , I don’t like it.”
“We all want Manchester United to get back to where it was, but it will take time. We can talk about ‘How much longer?’ But previous managers have found themselves in a similar position. The situation Ole is in at the moment is not good.”
“Things are never going to be easy for a club like Manchester United. Being Sir Alex Ferguson’s successor is always going to be difficult for whichever manager takes over – and how many managers are there now, four managers? And we’re still talking about United not being in the position they were in. want.”
Cole also does not want United to continue to be haunted by the history of past success and must begin to develop at this time.
“But other teams have to move forward. See how long it took Liverpool to win the league. I’m not saying United will be in that position, but you can’t be hung up on history. Manchester United need to be stronger as a team and improve.”
“United have four managers; all the previous managers have done a good job too. Unfortunately they haven’t been able to get them back where they belong,” explained Cole.