Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will earn half of Jose Mourinho’s Man Utd salary when he signs permanent deal
Norwegian replaced Special One, who was sacked in December, on caretaker basis and has transformed Red Devils’ fortunes
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OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER will sign a permanent deal with Manchester United worth HALF as much as predecessor Jose Mourinho’s.
The Norwegian replaced the Special One, who was sacked in December, on a caretaker basis and has transformed the Red Devils’ fortunes.
Solskjaer, 46, is now a shoo-in for a full-time role after masterminding his side’s epic Champions League victory over PSG on Wednesday.
But, despite his exploits, the report he will cop a salary of just £7.5million, compared with Mourinho’s hefty £15m.
That equates to £145k-a-week – exactly half of what Paul Pogba takes home and less than a third of misfiring striker Alexis Sanchez paychecks.
The figure does still dwarf the £400k Solskjaer was believed to be earning at former club Molde in his homeland.
Solskjaer, who recently moved out of the Lowry hotel in a sign he is staying in Manchester for good, has suffered just one defeat in 17 games since taking over.
That run of form has dragged United into the hunt for the top four, having been 11 points adrift when Mourinho bit the dust.
And the former Red Devils striker has been a big hit with players and fans, with Romelu Lukaku saying there was “no doubt” he would get the job and club legend Gary Neville insisting he should have a statue outside Old Trafford.
Supporters were even begging often maligned vice-chairman Ed Woodward for selfies just for appointing Solskjaer after the stunning comeback in Paris.
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Lukaku, who scored two at the Parc des Princes said: “I think it has been decided. I think he is going to get it, he should get it.
“If you look at the games we played, everybody was talking after the first four games because we played against less opposition.
“But then we won at Spurs away, Chelsea away, Arsenal in the FA Cup, now this game today. What else does he have to do?”
“I know he’s going to stay, there’s no doubt about that.
“He wants to stay, the players want him to stay. We’re doing really well, we’re playing like Manchester United should play.