Peter Schmeichel sends message to Manchester United owners over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sacking

Peter Schmeichel has urged Manchester United owners to avoid sacking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, following the Champions League loss on Tuesday night. The Red Devils were knocked out of the European top tier after a 3 - 2 loss to RB Leipzig. The result has added further pressure on Solskjaer and rose the suggestions over his possible sacking. However, Schmeichel thinks United should stick with the Norwegian boss. "Do we have progress at the club? I think yes," ex-Red Devils man told CBS Sports. "I think we’re trying to introduce a lot of young players and we know with young players they are inconsistent in their performances, so it’s not going to happen for them in every game. "I think there are still issues with players who were there when Ole arrived and it’s going to take time to get all of them out of the club. "I’m sure Ole would do that if he could do that in one go, but that’s not the reality of football. "He also needs to get new players in that will fit into the team. We saw Fernandes who came to the club about a year ago, he’s done fantastically well, and I think that’s progress signing a player like that. "We’ve see Greenwood, obviously Rashford has been there for a few years. There are some young players, it’s worth waiting for this project to carry on a bit. "I never said we’d challenge for the championship or the Champions League this season. I said any top-four position would be great and a good run in the Champions League, obviously that’s not happening now but we can turn our attention to the Europa League. "Let’s get a good run in the Europa League and get these young players more experience and then see where it takes us next year. "But I see no point in changing the coach. I want a little bit of consistency, I want the directors and owners of Manchester United to step up and say, ‘listen, we believe in this project Ole is having and give him a little bit of peace and quiet’. "We only have to turn our attention to Liverpool. The number of years they were trying with different coaches to win it. ‘And when they reorganised themselves as a football club, as a business, everything changed. "They have given Jurgen Klopp a lot of time before last year happened and now there’s no doubt that is the best team in England at the moment. "Now every kind of development takes time. If you’ve been at the top and now you’re suddenly not at the top you have to change. You have to change with your playing staff, you have to change in the way you’re organised in the club, the way you communicate, you have to do something. "I’m absolutely sure the club are looking at ways to change their organisation. It is a massive club with loads of employees so it’s not something you just do from one day to the next. "But when all that is said, football is all about football players. And football players have to perform at the highest level and they have to be good enough to perform at the highest level. "And I have to say that there are certain areas of the Manchester United team that are not good enough to be at this highest level. They are maybe just the next level down. "But I think the team is giving away far too many goals, far too many easy goals, and that’s something that needs to be addressed. You turn to Liverpool, when Van Dijk and Alisson came in everything changed. So you need to defend, that’s where everything begins. "At the moment, just have a look at the goals they’ve conceded in the last three rounds of the Champions League, that’s not good enough."

Source: Metro UK

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