Cardiff City Name Ole Gunnar Solskjaer As Their New Manager

 

• Cardiff City name Solskjaer as new manager
• 40-year-old is Cardiff's 3rd boss in 32 months
• Solskjaer joins on a "rolling contract"

He scored one of the most famous goals in Manchester United's history and won six Premier League title medals as a player. But can Ole Gunnar Solskjaer cut it as a Premier League manager after Cardiff City named the 40-year-old their new boss?Welcome to a special live text commentary of Cardiff's news conference to announce the former Norway international striker as successor to Malky Mackay, who was sacked on 27 December.



Cardiff had just won promotion from the old Division Three when Solskjaer - then aged 26 - came off the bench to score the winning last-minute goal for Manchester United against Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions Legue final.

Fast forward 15 years and Solskjaer takes over a Cardiff team sitting one place and one point above the Premier League's relegation zone.

Cardiff intend to employ the former Manchester United striker, with the promise of £25 million to spend immediately.

source: BBC Sport