Manchester United legend, Roy Keane and Gary Neville have told their former teammate, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, what to do to show he deserves to coach the club for a longer period.
The duo made their demands after United played a goalless draw in the Manchester Derby at Old Trafford on Saturday night with both teams managing only two shots each.
Speaking after the game, Keane said: “I think he has got to get his hands on a trophy,” said Keane, “There’s an obsession about getting in the top four, but l think Manchester United should be automatically doing that.
“I think by the end of the season Ole will have been in the job long enough to say do we think he is the man to get Manchester United back to challenging for titles. I still think they are behind Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea. But get your hands on some trophies.”
However, Neville feels that the Norwegian needs to begin dominating big matches.
“I think Ole has to start dominating games. In the last 12 months, where Manchester United have won games it has been through two forms of tactics. It’s either been counter-attack or it has been in moments – Southampton and West Ham, in recent weeks. They aren’t what you would really call performances, driving the other team into the ground. They are playing in moments.
“In the next six to eight months, they have to dominate matches and dominate big games. That will be the determining factor for Ole.
“They have to start playing as a team and perform. Today was ‘OK’, but it’s not a tactic for Manchester United to win football matches in the long-term or to win titles. All the teams who win titles dominate football matches – dominating possession, being on the front foot and winning big matches. Ole hasn’t got Manchester United there yet and he’s been in the job two years.
