Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, unlike the dude he took over from as Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, doesn’t feel finishing second in the league behind Manchester City is an achievement. 

“You can’t say that is an achievement. Our ambition is a lot more than second place. I said that when I wasn’t at the club – you can never be happy with that. Our ambition is to catch the team in front of us.”

To be fair, when Jose Mourinho made the statement Manchester United had a back four of Young, Jones, Smalling and Valencia and City were aiming for 100 points that season. 

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer talks about ambition but just last month he said ‘trophies are for egos for some manager’.

Say wha?

That’s a strange statement to make for a manager of a club that was built on winning trophies.  Well of course Jose Mourinho couldn’t resist taking a dig at Solskjaer. 

Mourinho said: “It’s his opinion. I’m pretty sure his big boss Sir Alex had a different opinion about it. But I respect what Solskjaer thinks. I think different.

“Freedom of thinking, freedom of ideas, and if that is what he thinks that is fine by me. It’s not a problem for me, he’s not being disrespectful to anyone.

“But I repeat I believe his big boss, and the biggest in Premier League history, has a different view in relation to that.”

Tottenham host Manchester United this afternoon in the Premier League. Solskjaer is ironically trying to keep his side second spot whilst Mourinho is trying to qualify his team to the Champions League. 

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