Manchester United have made ‘clear’ progress under Solskjaer

Ed Woodward says the progress Manchester United have made underneath Ole Gunnar Solskjaer “is obvious.”

United have slipped off the tempo within the Premier League and sit 14 factors behind leaders Manchester City after Wednesday’s 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace.

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However talking because the membership launched their newest monetary outcomes on Thursday — which included income down 7% year-on-year to £281.8 million and revenue down seven p.c to £33.6m — Woodward gave additional backing to the Norwegian.

“As we method a full 12 months since our final recreation with followers at Outdated Trafford, we replicate on a very difficult 12 months for soccer and society as a complete,” stated Woodward.

“The speedy rollout of vaccines within the UK and past provides us confidence that we at the moment are on a path in direction of normality, together with the return of followers to stadia.

“Whereas the disruption to our operations stays vital, we’re happy by the large resilience the membership has demonstrated by means of the pandemic, underpinned by the dedication of our folks and the power of our industrial enterprise.

“Now we have been reminded of the significance of soccer as a supply of group, leisure and pleasure to followers world wide, whilst now we have sorely missed them at Outdated Trafford.

“The progress made by Ole and the gamers this season is obvious and our thriving academy and girls’s group are additionally including to the optimism we really feel in regards to the future on and off the pitch.”