Former Manchester United chairman Martin Edwards has lifted the lid on how they first signed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Edwards revealed he played a key role in bringing Solskjaer to the club as a player, a move that almost didn't happen.

"I was very close to Les Kershaw, our chief scout, and one day I popped into his office and he told me that he had spotted this boy from Norway called Solskjaer, but the manager is unsure on whether to take a chance on him," he told Sky Sports.

"Les said 'he is only going to cost £1.4m and even if he plays a dozen games for the reserves then we will get our money back on him but he might just do it, he is fantastic'.

"On the basis of that I went to see Alex (Ferguson), and he said 'if you are willing to take the risk, chairman, then I will go along with it' and that was it. He nearly didn't come."