Former Manchester United man Keith Gillespie understand why the club are considering handing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a major new contract, te...
The club appointed the Norwegian in December of 2018 on an interim basis but he was given the job on a permanent basis the following March.
Since then, he has not managed to win a trophy, repeatedly falling short, as the club reached three semi-finals last season.
They were beaten by Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final, Manchester City in the EFL Cup semi-final, and Sevilla in the Europa League final four.
United are currently second in the Premier League, and remain in the Europa League, where they will play Granada in the quarter-finals, but The Daily Mirror reports that he is set to sign a new deal worth £30m whether the club lift a trophy this season or not, which would surely have to be seen as a surprise.
And Gillespie thinks that United are simply searching for some continuity, having run through several managers following Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure.
He told TT: “I suppose they want that continuity.
“When you have somebody like Alex Ferguson, who’s manager for 26 or 27 years, and then within a few years you’ve had Moyes, Van Gaal, Mourinho, and then Solskjaer, there is no continuity there.
“Maybe they want that, I think it’s highly important.”
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