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Man Utd boss Solskjaer forced to delete Twitter account

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has deleted his Twitter account.

Solskjaer has left Twitter after being targeted by vicious trolls in the aftermath of Thursday's dire goalless draw at AZ Alkmaar.

According to reports the abuse forced the Norwegian, who used to manager Molde in his native Norway, to close his account, @olegs26_ole.

Although it was not verified with a tick it had had a total of 124,000 followers, including a number of players including club captain Ashley Young.

The biog read: "Dad of 3 fantastic kids, married to a wonderful wife and Manager of Molde FK, ex footballer." This was accompanied by an image of him with Ryan Giggs.

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