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Solskjaer reveals positives and negatives of Man Utd job: I'm giving something back

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists he loves his job as Manchester United manager.

The Norwegian replaced Jose Mourinho in December 2018 as caretaker manager, but won the role permanently in March the following year.

Asked if he enjoyed his job, the Norwegian replied: "Of course I do! I wouldn't do it if I didn't, if I didn't feel up to it and if I didn't feel like I was giving something back to the club.

"I can't say there's a lot I don't enjoy. I don't enjoy leaving players out. I think it's hard for big games, you know, you have players who deserve to play.

"It's a difficult job to tell them they're not in a job on a Sunday afternoon but then Monday morning they're back in their job.

"The chats before, explaining why they don't play, that's never an easy one when I don't really have a good answer behind it, because I could give so many reasons for them to be playing.

"But that's a part of what I love with the job as well, working with human beings. That's the main job, getting the best out of individuals so we can get a strong team together."

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