Man Utd 'snowflakes' slammed by ex-boss

Cameron Smith

• 14 May 2023 11:45 BST
• 3 min read

Former Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has criticised the current crop of players at Old Trafford, claiming they are "snowflakes" who wouldn't have "survived" in the dressing room during his playing days.

The Red Devils beat Julen Lopetegui's Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday to end a two-match losing streak that had seen them slide towards Liverpool in the Premier League table as the fight for Champions League football rumbles on.

However, Solskjaer believes the squad aren't tough enough and don't possess enough leaders to become a serious force in English football once again.

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"The lads in that dressing room were fantastic", he revealed. "Keano [Roy Keane] was the leader, the one everyone looked up to. Gary [Neville] is still the busiest back then as well.

"Winners, who hated losing. They had a few fights, like you should do, after bad games. You had to shake each other up.

"If you do that to the boys now, they will get their dad, or their mum, or their agents... snowflakes. Not many of today's lot would have survived in that dressing room."

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Harry Maguire is currently Man Utd’s club captain, but the Englishman has fallen out of favour this season and he has started just seven Premier League games this season. Bruno Fernandes usually takes the armband on matchdays, although the Portuguese international has been regularly criticised for diving, with Dwight Yorke calling him out for “play-acting” during the club’s 7-0 loss to Liverpool earlier this season.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's time at Man Utd

The Norwegian spent 11 years at Old Trafford as a player, scoring 126 goals, before returning as an interim manager in late 2018. He was handed the job on a permanent basis in March 2019 after a historic comeback against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes.

However, he was sacked in November 2021, with Ralf Rangnick brought in as his interim replacement. Erik ten Hag was appointed as the club's new permanent head coach last summer.