Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r has made clear he is prepared to consider a return to English football at a lower level after his brief spell in Turkey ended. The 52-year-old, who coached Molde and Cardiff City before his time at Manchester United, accepted the Be\u015fikta\u015f job in January 2025 and was dismissed seven months later.<\/p>\n
Solskj\u00e6r said he is not closing doors as he searches for his next post and indicated the Championship would interest him. \u201cI\u2019m looking and I\u2019m open. It\u2019s not that I\u2019m desperate to get back in but I\u2019m open. I love living here [in England],\u201d he revealed on The Overlap .<\/p>\n
The former Manchester United player and manager stressed that location is secondary to the work itself. \u201cWhen my kids ask me, of course, mid-Championship and up. I\u2019m a football man. Is it Norway, it is Sweden, wherever. I\u2019m a football man. It\u2019s about working with people. I’m just trying to make them be the best version of themselves. Whenever I was playing Football Manager, I would start with a team [lower down].<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always defied the odds, that\u2019s the way I\u2019ve always been and I\u2019d love to prove [myself].\u201d<\/p>\n
Solskj\u00e6r\u2019s past includes a short managerial spell with Cardiff in the Championship in 2014\u201315, experience he could draw on if he opted to return to England\u2019s second tier. At present, three Championship vacancies could be available to him should he pursue a comeback: Middlesbrough, Norwich City and Southampton are all searching for new head coaches.<\/p>\n
Having taken several years away from management before his move to Be\u015fikta\u015f, Solskj\u00e6r\u2019s recent comments underline a willingness to adapt his expectations in pursuit of a new challenge. Any decision to re-enter English football would follow a high-profile coaching career and a very public period in Turkey that ended after seven months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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