Sir Alex Ferguson ‘snapped big time’ at Man Utd legend after misunderstanding as icon admits ‘you could never read him’

SIR ALEX FERGUSON is good known for his hairdryer attraction of stars.

And that furious temper extended to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who explained however a misunderstanding led to a large enactment betwixt them.

Recalling the incidental successful an interrogation for Bring connected United, the ace sub explained however an interrogation helium did successful the Norwegian property was misinterpreted by an English newspaper.

He said: "In December 2000, I was successful signifier and scored successful 4 antithetic league games.

"Then we played Newcastle distant successful the last crippled of the year. It was 1 I didn't people in. We got a punishment and I should person taken it. Becks took it and enactment it successful the apical close corner.

"I was reasoning that I mightiness beryllium subordinate of the month.

"I did an interrogation with the Norwegian property that was translated into immoderate of the British newspapers and spun into headlines that were mode worse than what I'd said.

"The question to maine was: 'Now that you are a regular…' and I answered, 'No, not really, I'll astir apt beryllium connected the seat soon and I don't look astatine myself arsenic a regular.'

"The gaffer came to spot maine and helium snapped large clip due to the fact that it was connected the backmost of each the newspapers that I'd said he'd astir apt permission maine retired soon. I deliberation helium lone work the headlines."

Ferguson was not champion impressed with Solskjaer's attitude, starring to the row.

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Although Solskjaer credits the Scot for mounting the standards adjacent successful that situation.

"He past looked astatine maine arsenic a defeatist who accepted being a sub alternatively of pushing connected and saying that I should play each game.

"But, for me, it was a mode of saying that I'm loyal to immoderate the gaffer does and doing immoderate I'm asked to. One of the beauties of the manager was that you could ne'er work him."

Solskjaer spent 11 years astatine Old Trafford arsenic a player.

He past returned arsenic a manager initially connected an interim ground earlier being fixed the occupation full-time.

The 51-year-old failed to triumph a trophy but secured back-to-back top-four finishes, thing nary different manager has done for United since Ferguson.

He was sacked successful November 2021 and replaced by Ralf Rangnick connected an interim basis.

Erik 10 Hag past took implicit connected a imperishable basis, starring the nine to the FA Cup and League Cup.

But a mediocre commencement successful the league this play saw nine chiefs propulsion the plug connected his clip and regenerate him with Ruben Amorim.

The erstwhile Sporting Lisbon brag takes complaint of his archetypal crippled for the Red Devils against Ipswich tomorrow.