Jordi Cruyff says the loyalty of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to Manchester United could never be questioned.

Cruyff spent four years at United between 1996 and 2000, chalking up 55 appearances for the Red Devils and sharing the pitch with the current caretaker manager.

"As a person, Ole was always very calm, a family man. We knew each other well. As a player, Ole wasn't super-fast, tall or a shielder. He just worked hard but he had an amazing instinct and ability to score goals," Cruyff, now in charge of Chongqing Dangdai Lifan, told The Times.

"He had a 'loose' ankle, when somebody without looking knows where the goal is and can always find the corner. The only one I saw like that was [Jean-Pierre] Papin. Boom. The ball was in the net.

"The most important thing was Ole never put his ego before the interests of the club. It doesn't surprise me he's become a coach. He's a stable guy, a club man, and those kind of characters normally end up being coaches."