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​Solskjaer reveals Greenwood the best natural finisher at Man Utd

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes that Mason Greenwood is the best finisher at the club.

Solskjaer was asked about the qualities of his strikers, including Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial.

While the Norwegian rates the latter duo very highly, he believes that 17-year-old Greenwood is the most natural finisher at the club.

Solskjaer told MUTV: "Natural finisher? Well, they've still got a way to go, because Mason's more of a natural finisher than those two."

The Red Devils head coach also discussed how he plans to rotate his forward line throughout the 2019-20 campaign, adding: "Anthony's had spells where he's played No.9 or centre forward under Louis van Gaal. Then he's played on the left the last few years. I think him and Marcus are both capable of playing both positions.

"Sometimes, it will be Marcus playing through the middle and Anthony on the left, or Dan James on the left and one of them on the right, but, of course, the goals are scored from between the posts and not the worldies that we've seen them score, both of them.

"Marcus and Anthony, curlers up in the top corner. I want both of them to score the easy goals. You don't have to work too hard to score them, just a little bit of movement. It was a great counterattack [against Chelsea], great runs by Anthony.

"I think maybe he felt he should have got the first pass, which went out wide to Jesse [Lingard] and he stopped. But then, he got himself back in a good position and, even though he might have mis-hit it, it went in. So, if he can get five extra goals like this every season, both of them, that's 10."

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