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Ronaldo 'holding Man United dressing room together' but it'll cost £7.5m to sack Ole

talksport.com, 28 October 2021, 09:59
Despite Manchester United's humiliating 5-0 defeat to their arch rivals, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set to live to fight another day… and he's reportedly got Cristiano Ronaldo to thank.

Liverpool's pasting of the Red Devils on Sunday threw up yet more questions about Solskjaer's position with former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte linked with the role.

That's the start of a particularly crucial run of fixtures for Solskjaer and his side. After Spurs, United go to Atalanta in a pivotal Champions League encounter and then face Manchester City at Old Trafford on November 6.

Solskjaer's long-term future is by no means safe, The Times reports, with he and his staff not being given any assurances by the club's top brass.

One thing that could be keeping Solskjaer in the job is how much it would cost Man United to sack him.

The Sun report the club would be forced to pay a severance package of £7.5million, equivalent to a full year's salary, if they wanted to dismiss him now.

But faith in Solskjaer in the Man United dressing room is understood to be at an all-time low, with claims a number of players openly turned on the manager following the Liverpool defeat.

According to The Times, there was a second dressing room inquest after the 5-0 drubbing, following clear-the-air talks after their previous 4-2 defeat to Leicester which saw one player take aim at Solskjaer for his team selections.

Another star, the report says, hammered a number of his teammates for not showing enough commitment and motivation in training.

The Manchester Evening News reports that Ronaldo is the one 'holding the dressing room together', with claims he has attempted to rally the team and urged them to show unity.

It's claimed Ronaldo is cajoling the players into not downing tools, irrespective of what they think of the current manager, and support Solskjaer.

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