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Greenwood and Manchester City’s Phil Foden were omitted
from Southgate’s squad on Thursday after being sent home from
Iceland last month for a breach of coronavirus rules.
Ignoring the pandemic protocols, Greenwood, 19, and Foden, 20,
invited local women back to the England team hotel.
“Mason is one of the top strikers of the future for England and
for sure he is going to play many games for England,” Solskjaer
told reporters on Friday.
“This now obviously has been a learning curve for him.
“Mason has to reflect on where he’s at and what he needs to do,
how to get to where he wants to get to.”
Amid criticism from frustrated fans, United continue to be
linked with a number of players in the final few days of the
transfer window, most prominently Borussia Dortmund’s England
international forward Jadon Sancho.
But Solskjaer refused to be drawn on why the club have so far
failed to land more of their major targets, with Donny van de Beek
the only arrival so far.
“I’m not going to go into the transfer window now because of
course my focus is on Sunday’s game (against Tottenham) but the
club’s always working hard to have the strongest possible squad,”
he said.
“If something happens in or out you’ll get to know.
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“We’ve got players here that we believe in. The transfer window
is still open for a little while and the club has been working.
They know my view and we’re here to strengthen in the long
term.”
Solskjaer and Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho, the Norwegian’s
immediate predecessor at Old Trafford, have traded barbs in the
run-up to this weekend’ Premier League clash in Manchester.
Mourinho pointed to the number of penalties United have been
awarded and Solskjaer made a dig about Spurs’ bye in the League Cup
because of a spate of coronavirus cases at their opponents, League
Two club Leyton Orient.
“We are in strange times at the moment and sometimes you’ve got
to have a bit of fun,” said Solskjaer. “It’s just a couple of
innocent comments.
“For me, Jose is a very charismatic coach. You in the media
enjoy talking to him and I’ve enjoyed watching him. He’s a
winner.
“I’m not one of those that really goes into all the mind games.
I’ve got ultimate respect for him as a coach and of course the
results and everything he has given football.”
-AFP
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