Former Manchester United coach rejects Iran’s job

Today-July 12th 2022

Former Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has rejected an approach to coach the Iranian national team.

Solskjaer has been out of management since November but is not tickled by the idea to take charge in Iran.

Solskjaer was sacked as Manchester United boss last November after a woeful 4-1 defeat at Watford in their Premier League as their miserable season continued to head towards a downward spiral.

According to Foot Mercato, the 49-year-old was offered a route back into the managerial dugout via Iran but has decided against taking the job due to other commitments.

The publication claims that Iran ‘appreciated Solskjaer’s profile’ but he declined their advances due to having ‘short-term priorities’ elsewhere.

Iran are on the lookout for a new manager after sacking head coach Dragan Skocic on Monday.

With little more than four months to go to the World Cup finals in Qatar – which Iran have qualified for – Skocic was given his marching orders.

The move comes after the 53-year-old, who took over from Marc Wilmots as coach in February 2020, secured the Iranians a spot at the World Cup by topping their qualification group ahead of South Korea.

The Croatian won 15 of his 18 games in charge but has lost two of his last three matches, including a 2-1 friendly defeat by Algeria in Qatar last month. However, they are Asia’s top-ranked team in the FIFA world rankings at No 23.

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