Ole Gunnar Solskjær has admitted that he did not like the Super League concept and praised Manchester United fans for his role in stopping the project.
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United were among six Premier League clubs involved in the controversial project that was torpedoed within 48 hours of being announced earlier this week. Fan power played an important role in its collapse, with supporters across the country making it clear that they had no interest in a closed shop competition taking place in the Champions League.
The competition was so short-lived that not everyone got the chance to express their opposition, and Solskjaer was among the esteemed managers who had not yet given an opinion. In the Norwegian speech before their clash with Leeds, however, he said that he was against it from the beginning and is happy that the fans have gathered to stop it in their tracks.
? Watch now when Ole turns to the media ahead of Sunday’s #PL game. # MUFC #LEEMUN
– Manchester United (@ManUtd) 23 April 2021
“First of all, I am very happy that the fans have expressed their opinion and that we have listened to them,” said Solskjær. “In a strange way, it has brought the football pyramid and the community together and I think it’s important and I’m very happy.
“I’m a supporter myself, and there’s a day when I come back and watch Man Utd and I want to watch a Man Utd team for fear of failure.
“I did not like[Super League] concept anyway, it must be on sporting merit, I want to earn the right to play in Europe. We know we have been pioneers and we have been in Europe for many, many years, with Busby Babes, we want to be part of a successful European campaign again.
How can you talk about “rebuilding trust” with fans when you never had one in the first place? https://t.co/A7ziwO9toO
– Scott Saunders (@_scottsaunders) April 21, 2021
“One of my best nights was something we worked really hard for. To get to that, that fear of failure, you can not have 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. It makes you live a little on the edge, and that was not part of it.
“I’m very happy that all the clubs that have admitted their mistake were that it was a bad idea and how it came out. Just when we’re talking about getting fans back to the arena, we get this.”
