Did Ole Gunnar Solskjaer forget about the mics when he approached Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake at the weekend?
Manchester United beat Bournemouth 5-2 at Old Trafford on Saturday and neither side could be happy with their defensive performances.
That didn’t stop Solskjaer dropping a transfer hint with one of Bournemouth’s centre-backs at full-time.
Ake is a quality defender who left Chelsea for regular first-team football in 2017 and a season-long loan spell at Dean Court, and it wouldn’t surprise us if a top team signed him this summer with Bournemouth losing their fight for Premier League survival.
I guarantee a lot of Chelsea fans wish they still had the Netherlands defender.
However, BT Sport posted a Twitter video on Sunday morning which showed the players and managers interacting after the match.
Solskjaer approached Ake and was quoted by BT Sport as saying: “Good luck. You need a bit of luck from your centre-backs. Just keep going.”
But United fans on social media have a different opinion about what Solskjaer really said to the Dutch international.
They reckon the United boss said: “We need a left-footed centre-back, keep going.”
Listen to the clip below:
https://twitter.com/utdcover/status/1279908583421947909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1279908583421947909%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.givemesport.com%2F1580183-man-utd-fans-think-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-said-to-nathan-ake-we-need-a-leftfooted-centreback
https://twitter.com/Vintage_Utd/status/1279917151827177473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1279917151827177473%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.givemesport.com%2F1580183-man-utd-fans-think-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-said-to-nathan-ake-we-need-a-leftfooted-centreback
https://twitter.com/conordunny/status/1279915469026312195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1279915469026312195%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.givemesport.com%2F1580183-man-utd-fans-think-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-said-to-nathan-ake-we-need-a-leftfooted-centreback
What do you think?
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