Sir Alex Ferguson sees Molde coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as a future Manchester United manager.

While Euro big guns Pep Guardiola of Barcelona and Jose Mourinho of Real Madrid have been heavily linked with the post when it becomes available, Fergie believes novice Solskjaer would be ideally suited to dealing with the pressure of the job.

And he says he is already a step ahead of other former Reds because he always knew he wanted to become a manager.

"I think the problem for a lot of footballers today is that when they get to the end of their careers they decide they want to become coaches because they have nothing else in their mind that they think they can do," said Ferguson.