Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is clearly against the idea of the European Super League.
Solskjaer said of the doomed ESL project: “I’m very happy the fans have voiced their opinions and we have listened to them.
“It has brought the football pyramid together and I think that’s important.
He continued, “I’m a supporter myself and there will be a day when I come back and watch Manchester United and I want to watch a United team with a fear of failure.
“I didn’t like the concept, it has to be on sporting merit. I want to earn the right to play in Europe.”
“We know we’ve been pioneers and we’ve been in Europe for many, many years, with the Busby Babes, and we want to be part of a successful European campaign again.
“One of my best nights was something we worked really hard towards. To get to that, you need to have that fear of failure, you can’t be given it because your name is such and such, you have to earn the right to be there.
“And I’ve always felt and believed in stepping out of your comfort zone, being afraid of failure – that spurs you on, living on the edge a little bit, and that wasn’t part of this.
“For me, I’m very happy all of the clubs that have admitted their mistake and that this was a bad idea and the way it came out as well.
“Just when we’re talking about getting fans back into the stadium, we get this. We were looking forward to getting fans back in the stadium the last two games of the season and then weren’t able to look forward to it.
“But the fans – we have a banner at Old Trafford saying ‘football is nothing without fans’ and we’ve felt that for a year.
“It’s been a difficult year but now, just when we’re going to welcome them back, we get this.
“The preparation for the Leeds game was a little bit different, but then again that’s part of being in this industry and this club.
“Manchester United is the biggest club in the world, we want to be part of European football.
“But I still think that fear of failure is helping us do that and, being a sporting competitor as I am, my nature is not being handed this, we can’t be handed a place, that’s my opinion.”
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