Man Utd’s new football manager learned to be a football manager in Football Manager

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Manchester United enjoyed a run of form in the Premier League that few teams could even hold a candle to. Sadly for the team’s fans, however, losing legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013 saw something of a dip in quality, as the club cycled through four managers in just a few years. After the departure of Jose Mourinho earlier this year, former Manchester United and Norway player Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was drafted in as caretaker manager, despite his only previous Premier League experience being a short-lived and unsuccessful period at Cardiff City. Solskjaer's arrival, however, seems to have reversed United’s fortune, with a nine-game unbeaten run. And it’s all thanks to Football Manager. In an interview with Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet in 2013 ( which you can check out below, via Kotaku), Solskjaer said that during his time as a player, he would relax by playing games like Football Manager, and that through them “I have learned a lot about football, I have learned a lot about players.”

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