Already a match with personal significance to the manager, Manchester United’s penultimate pre-season friendly could turn out to be a very special occasion for the Solskjaer family.
“Of course, it’s special for him that he’s been training with the first team for the last couple of weeks, he’s just been promoted. He’s had a tough couple of years with operations so he’s getting there,”Ole said.
“Every year for the last 15 years they’ve bettered their results and gone on, they’ve got higher and higher,“ Solskjaer added. ”They’ve got to get to third or fourth this season to keep that run going so that’s quite an achievement.
“I think this is a special day for everyone. All their players will be looking forward to this as if it’s Christmas Eve.”
Asked how he would react should Noah score, Ole was typically candid.
“Well done to him but we’ll do as much as we can to stop him.”
As with all the pre-season games, Kristiansund v United in Oslo will be shown live on MUTV, with kick-off at 18:00 BST.
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