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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set to announce his retirement from football today (Tuesday 28th August) after consistent knee injury problems.

Ole has been a prominent figure in the United squad ever since his transfer from Molde in 1996 for a measly £1.5m, he made 366 appearances for United, scoring 126 goals.

One such goal was to be the winning goal in the Champions Leage final against Bayern Munich in 1999 and whilst he didn’t play a great amount last season, still managed to score 11 goals to help United reclaim the Premiership title.

Ole has spent a lot of time coaching younger players at United and was last year appointed an ambassador at the club.

Ole’s retirement means that United are now left with 3 strikers, Saha, Rooney and Tevez. Carlos Tevez is the only player fit for time on the pitch at the moment.

Ferguson has recently been linked with a move for Bolton’s Nicolas Anelka and Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov, although Berbatov claims his future lies with Tottenham.

United have recently sold Alan Smith to Leeds and Giuseppe Rossi to Villareal.

Saha was hoping to be fit enough to play against Spurs at the weekend but the comeback was aborted, testing United’s patience.

He is expected to play against Sunderland at the weekend but persistant knee injuries are of major concern.

Solskjaer returned to full health last season and was hopeful of playing a big role this year, despite undergoing minor knee surgery in June.

Rehabilitation problems saw Ole admit that he expected this to be his last season and, unfortunately, he has been forced to announce this earlier than expected.

I’m sure I speak on behalf of all United fans when I say that Ole Gunnar will be sorely missed.

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