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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says primitive Manchester United forward Robin van Persie “does now not beget the ideal” to criticise his management model.
Van Persiestated he was as soon as now not cushty with Solskjaer’s demenourafter Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat by Arsenal, telling BT Sport “right here is now not the moment to smile”.
“I develop now not know Robin and Robin would now not know me,” Solskjaer stated on Friday.
“He potentially would now not beget a correct to criticise my management model and I’d now not change.”
Van Persie obtained the Premier League title with Manchester United after becoming a member of the club from Arsenal in 2012.
He made 86 appearances for the club, scoring 48 targets, earlier than shifting to Turkish facet Fenerbahce in 2015.
Solskjaer scored 91 targets in 235 appearances for the Reds between 1996 and 2007.
“Yeah Robin, he took my [shirt] quantity 20 and that’s the explanation potentially all he’s going to recall from me as wisely,” Solskjaer stated.
Manchester United are fifth within the Premier League, trailing fourth-placed Chelsea by four ingredients, nonetheless they’ve but to glean three Premier League games in a row this season.
They face Wolves within the third spherical of the FA Cup on Saturday.
Pogba operation for ‘bone fragments’
With Scott McTominay dominated out for eight weeks with a knee ligament hurt and Paul Pogba missing for no lower than four weeks after ankle surgical procedure, United’s lack of midfield solutions is again causing Solskjaer a headache.
United will beget Fred and Nemanja Matic on hand for the FA Cup tie against Wolves at Molineux.
There had been focus on about Matic leaving Extinct Trafford at some level of the original switch window nonetheless Solskjaer has dominated that out and it’s a long way identified midfield is one of many areas the club are attempting to enhance.
Their arena is that whereas avid gamers in that region are on hand – primitive Liverpool player Emre Can is surplus to necessities at Juventus – the club attain now not desire to receive bounced into either paying too much for a player they attain desire or signing anyone as a non permanent measure, even if the final result’s sustained on-field inconsistency.
“We were having a watch to enhance the squad in different positions,” stated Solskjaer. “Nonetheless in midfield, on the begin of the season we had four match avid gamers for 2 positions and we did now not rep the ideal one for the price.
“Of route, [the injuries] are a broad blow. You also can potentially tackle it with three avid gamers rotating.
“If you happen to’ve bought two match it’s a long way a tough job for them. We’re going to be in a position to correct favor to demand them to relieve going within the event that they’ll. You also can not correct settle for we’re tired.”
After the confusion of Wednesday evening, Solskjaer also clarified Pogba’s hurt arena, pointing out the Frenchman’s most well liked surgical procedure has been to sure up some bone fragments across the ankle.
“If the player is now not cushty with what he’s feeling and he’s bought a good deal of anxiety, then it will seemingly be a effort it can receive worse,” stated Solskjaer.
The United boss was as soon as now not impressed by the comments of Pogba’s excessive-profile and controversial agent Mino Raiola, who this week accused the club of “ruining” avid gamers and stated he would no longer ship his to Extinct Trafford.
Requested if agents must offer their opinions on clubs, Solskjaer stated: “No.”
Neither did he contemplate it would be shiny for Pogba to begin talking in public himself, believing the trusty contrivance for United’s £89m document signing to address criticism is by his performances.
“Paul is a top player who now we beget missed this season,” he stated.
“He’s awfully committed to coming support and playing wisely for us nonetheless it absolutely’s hard to focus on whenever you are going to also very wisely be injured. His talking wants to be performed when he comes support on the pitch.
“The ideal part is that we receive him match.”