Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is reportedly battling for his Manchester United job after a difficult start to the season.
According to reports, the FSG, the owners of Liverpool, could influence the Red Devils bosses decision.
The club legend took over as caretaker at Old Trafford in December 2018, replacing Jose Mourinho after a 3-1 loss to the Reds at Anfield before finally getting the job the following March.
In a challenging mid-season last year, the Norwegian was under pressure to keep his job before leading his team to qualify for the Champions League.
However, a Europa League semi-final defeat by Sevilla before a bad start to the new season put him under renewed scrutiny.
The Red Devils lost their first Premier League game of the season 3-1 at home to Crystal Palace and are currently in 16th place after beating Tottenham Hotspur 6-1 in their last game before the international break in October were.
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If United’s season continues to implode, Ed Woodward will have no hesitation in firing Solskjaer, according to the Daily Mirror.
And despite the 47-year-old’s inviolable status with the fans as a result of the winning goal in the 1999 Champions League final, the Manchester United managing director has privately insisted that he put aside the mood for the club’s future.
Former Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino has been linked as a potential replacement. According to the report, Woodward cited the FSG’s decision to fire Kenny Dalglish in May 2012 as evidence that he would be willing to do the same.
Liverpool may be the current Premier League champions but it’s a fierce cry from the site that their American owners took over over a decade ago. Next week it will be ten years since they successfully ousted Tom Hicks and George Gillett to buy the club.
One of her earliest decisions was about Liverpool’s leadership position at John W. Henry and Co. Dispatch with the services of the unpopular Roy Hodgson within three months of arriving in Anfield.
Dalglish was quickly appointed caretaker until the end of the season in January 2011 before the Scot was finally given the job the following May.
But just a year later, the FSG was looking for a new manager again.
While Dalglish had led Liverpool to league cup success and an FA Cup final, the Reds only finished eighth in the Premier League table after just five games in the second half of the season as they focused on national cup competitions.
The difficult and controversial decision to terminate the Scot’s contract in May 2012, despite his popularity with fans, and criticism that cutlery should be enough to keep him in a job, there is no doubt that the tough reputation of the FSG has paid out.
Liverpool replaced Dalglish with Brendan Rodgers and were painfully close to winning the Premier League in 2013/14 under the Northern Irish, before Jurgen Klopp was appointed the following year after losing form.
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When the FSG hired the German in October 2015, the owners of the Rote Gold struck gold.
Five years later, their teams won the Champions League, the Premier League and the FIFA Club World Cup, as well as the European Super Cup, when Klopp’s men conquered everything that came before them.
And it is Liverpool’s later success that stems from that original, controversial decision that could affect Woodward and cost Solskjaer his job at Old Trafford.
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