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Solskjaer weighs up Man Utd captaincy options

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits he needs to select the club captain carefully.

Solskjaer won't divulge his plan until the futures of Paul Pogba and contract rebel David de Gea are clearer.

“There's different ways of ­picking a captain. You can have club captains, you have players choosing or you can have me being like a dictator," he said.

“We have got leaders in this group. We've shared it round with Juan Mata, Ashley Young, then there's David, Paul and ­Nemanja Matic.

“We've had loads of captains so let's see who's going to be in charge or wearing the armband. But I accept good ones like Keane and Bryan Robson are hard to find. And now Kompany has left City it will be hard for them to replace him too."

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