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HOW LONG DOES OLE REALLY HAVE AT THE WHEEL?

SAM PILGER @SAMPILGER

It has been more than 30 years since Manchester United supporters approached a new campaign consumed with this much gloom and pessimism.

This is largely due to the nagging fear many harbour that the club acted too rashly in hiring Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as manager. The lusty chants of ‘Ole’s at the wheel’ that reverberated around the grounds during his caretaker reign have faded, and been replaced by the concern that United might be saddled with a boss fatally out of his depth.

After arriving last December, the Norwegian kicked off

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