Manchester United interim manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has warned his players he is prepared to bring Sir Alex Ferguson’s famous hairdryer treatment if they do not perform.
Ferguson had a reputation for delivering verbal volleys at his players, so intense it earned the nickname “the hairdryer”, during his 27 years at Old Trafford
The Norwegian saw it first hand during 11 years as a player at Old Trafford and is ready to give the squad a blast of his own, if they do not meet his standards.
“We are all different in how we manage people and the manager [Ferguson] was different to every individual.
“Maybe I should get the hairdryer out of my pocket because I’ve got a hairdryer — when my hair needs lifting I use it on myself — but I am also not afraid of, if you like, laying down the law.
“You know with your kids when they disappoint you, you tell them off, you don’t give them some chocolate do you?
“So you treat players similar to how you treat your kids because you want the best for them, you want to guide them, you want to help them, but if I get disappointed. … ask [my children] Noah, or Kane or Ellia or some of the players I had in Molde. Once in a while, you really have to tell them the standards we’ve got,” Solskjaer told a news conference on Friday ahead of his first game at former club Cardiff City.
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