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Man Utd legend Solskjaer: I can handle Molde pressure

Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer accepts he's under huge pressure to bring success to Molde.

Solskjaer takes charge of the Norwegian club in January.

He told the Manchester Evening News: "I would have stayed here if this job had not come up. I wouldn't move away from United to go anywhere else. I wanted to go back home and work there. And if the manager had said he didn't think it was the right step for me at this time I would have stayed here. I have always had so much respect for the manager. Whatever he has said I have always listened.

"But he thought it was a good idea and there are not many times when he is wrong.

"Everyone is saying there will be loads of pressure on me because of my name. We will be expected to win the league in my first year. Next year is Molde's 100th anniversary and they have never won the league. But that is what I am going home for. I am hoping the next 100 years can start with me going back and help this team to win.

"If we get a couple of defeats people will be on my back. I am expecting that, especially because of my name. I wouldn't have gone back if I wasn't sure I could handle that. When I signed for United fourteen-and-a-half years ago I wouldn't have dreamt that I could be sitting here now talking to you about coaching and management after having the career I have had."

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