Former Fulham defender Brede Hangeland has backed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to take the Manchester United job permanently.

Solskjaer is contracted until the end of the season, when he could go back to Molde in Norway.

But his impressive run of results since joining, which include 11 wins in 13 games, could see him offered a permanent contract in May.

And Hangeland thinks that Solskjaer would be prepared for the job.

He told Sky Sports: "He had the slip up against Paris, against a top team. But more or less everything else he has done apart from that game has been perfection.

"I am not surprised by the way he has been communicating because he has always been a very positive guy, and a clever man but coping with that pressure in the role of being Manchester United manager I don't think anything can really prepare you for that. He has impressed - even himself I would imagine a little bit."