{"id":237134,"date":"2026-01-10T03:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/237134\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T03:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:02:13","slug":"ole-gunnar-solskjaer-to-hold-talks-with-manchester-united-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/237134\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to hold talks with Manchester United on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set for face-to-face talks with Manchester United on Saturday about the interim manager\u2019s job, the Press Association understands.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils are looking to make an appointment for the rest of the season, having taken the decision to call time on Ruben Amorim\u2019s underwhelming 14-month reign on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Ruud van Nistelrooy and current caretaker head coach Darren Fletcher have been under consideration for the post but Solskjaer and Michael Carrick are considered to be the frontrunners.<\/p>\n<p>The latter, who worked as a first-team coach under Solskjaer and had a short interim spell in charge following his exit, met with United\u2019s hierarchy earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"441\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-to-hold-talks-with-manchester-united-on-saturday.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Carrick\" data-title=\"Tottenham Hotspur v Villarreal \u2013 UEFA Champions League \u2013 League Stage \u2013 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"John Walton\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"\/>Michael Carrick has already spoken with United about the role (John Walton\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>PA understands Solskjaer will now meet with director of football Jason Wilcox and chief executive Omar Berrada on Saturday to discuss the role, following preliminary talks.<\/p>\n<p>The 1999 treble hero has already once been placed in charge of United following the sacking of a Portuguese coach having stepped in after Jose Mourinho\u2019s exit in December 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Solskjaer was handed the permanent role in March 2019 and led United to runners-up spot in the Premier League in 2020\/21.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian also took United to that season\u2019s Europa League final before being sacked in November 2021.<\/p>\n<p>United host Brighton in the FA Cup third round on Sunday and then welcome rivals Manchester City to Old Trafford in the Premier League next weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set for face-to-face talks with Manchester United on Saturday about the interim manager\u2019s job,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-237134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}