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Throb · Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:24 pm OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER RETIRES

FROM SKY SPORTS

Manchester United favourite Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has retired due to a knee injury, according to Sky Sports News.
Solskjaer will be forever remembered in United folklore for scoring the dramatic winner in the UEFA Champions League final against Bayern Munich in 1999.
That goal was one of almost 130 he scored for The Red Devils after joining from Molde in a £1.5million transfer 11 years ago.
He made over 360 appearances for the club, but recent seasons have been blighted by injury.
The 34-year-old did maintain a level of fitness last season, scoring 11 goals as United won the title and reached the FA Cup final.
But he did not figure during the pre-season campaign after undergoing a knee operation over the summer.
This was expected to be his final season as a player at Old Trafford, but he has now decided to announce his retirement.
Solskjaer's decision to quit could prompt Sir Alex Ferguson to rethink his attacking options prior to the close of the transfer window.
Along with Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez and Louis Saha, Solskjaer was expected to form part of Ferguson's plans up front.
But the United manager may now require further reinforcements in attack, having been linked with Bolton Wanderers' forward Nicolas Anelka.

Robot Nixon · Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:37 pm

Shame i always liked the guy stayed out the spotlight and seemed to be in it for the right reasons (plus he was fucking class).

Monkey Balls · Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:57 pm

Yeah, bless him. Everyone liked the norwegian hobbit from Shire FC.

Peter Parka · Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:29 pm

A shame that his last few years in the game were dogged by injury. I always admired his work rate.

cheesemonster · Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:26 pm

A fine player, a nice chap and a deadly forward - a goal ratio of one every three games. Sadly missed

dayoff · Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:32 pm

i hate man utd but for some reason i liked him. he never moaned, never in spotlight, got on with his game and scored a hell of a lot of goals for the amount of time on the pitch, didnt he come on as a sub with like 8 minutes to go once and score a hat trick, class.

Robot Nixon · Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:27 pm

And he upset a whole bunch of Germans.

Throb · Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:57 am

I think he came on and scored 4 in 10 minutes, think it was Notts Forest he did it to.

Never seemed to moan like Dayoff said, took his place on the bench, then when he got on the pitch, he did the biz.