On Sunday, as Manchester United ended the Premier League season in second place and unbeaten away from home, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was asked if he felt a personal sense of satisfaction.
The manager started his answer by talking about the pride he felt in his players. It was only halfway through that he addressed the specific point.
“It has never been about me,” he said. “People can write anything they want about me as long as it isn’t lies. My job is to do my best for Manchester United. Any opinion, I don’t care about.”
This is just as well.
Solskjaer’s two full seasons in charge at Old Trafford have ended in the first back-to-back top three finishes since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.
They are only the fourth team in English top-flight history to complete a league season unbeaten away from home.
On Wednesday in Gdansk, Solskjaer could become only the fourth United manager to lift a European…