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title: "Exclusive: Ex-Man Utd man backs decision to hand Solskjaer new deal"
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author: "Harry Sherlock"
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published: "2021-04-06T16:15:54Z"
modified: "2021-04-06T16:15:54Z"
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# Exclusive: Ex-Man Utd man backs decision to hand Solskjaer new deal

**Former Manchester United man Keith Gillespie understand why the club are considering handing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a major new contract, telling [The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/) that the club desperately needs continuity.**

The club appointed the Norwegian in December of 2018 on an interim basis but he was given the job on a permanent basis the following March.

Since then, he has not managed to win a trophy, repeatedly falling short, as the club reached three semi-finals last season.

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They were beaten by Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final, Manchester City in the EFL Cup semi-final, and Sevilla in the Europa League final four.

United are currently second in the Premier League, and remain in the Europa League, where they will play Granada in the quarter-finals, but [The Daily Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ole-solskjaer-man-utd-contract-23793348) reports that he is set to sign a new deal worth £30m whether the club lift a trophy this season or not, which would surely have to be seen as a surprise.

And Gillespie thinks that United are simply searching for some continuity, having run through several managers following Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure.

He told **TT**: *“I suppose they want that continuity.*

*“When you have somebody like Alex Ferguson, who’s manager for 26 or 27 years, and then within a few years you’ve had Moyes, Van Gaal, Mourinho, and then Solskjaer, there is no continuity there.*

*“Maybe they want that, I think it’s highly important.”*