Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 'turns down management role with top-flight European side' – just one month after former Man United boss insisted he was 'retired'

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reportedly turned down a managerial role with a top-flight European side. 

Solskjaer has been without a job since being relieved of his duties at Manchester United back in November 2021.

The Norwegian spent three years at the helm in his beloved Manchester, returning to the club in 2018 – 11 years on from his playing days at the Red Devils.

Despite recently insisting that he’s retired from management, reports claim that Solskajer was still approached by his former club Molde over their vacant role.

According to VG, Solskjaer – who has twice previously managed the Norwegian side – was offered the managerial role at the club after they sacked Erling Moe.

With the Norwegian league now having come to an end, the side finished 5th in the table and will not play in Europe next season as a result.

Solskjaer has not had a managerial job since he was sacked by Man United in November 2021 

Those Solskjaer has twice been in the Molde dugout, he reportedly decided that he’s not the right person to step into the role. 

Just last month, Solskjaer suggested that he has retired from management three years after being sacked by Manchester United.

‘Now I do exactly what I want and enjoy myself,’ He told Norwegian radio NRK podcast Bakrommet. ‘I’m moving in in a couple of weeks.

‘I have reached a position where I can pick and choose, and I am lucky there. Financially, I don’t need anything.’

When he is not working on his dream property, which he reportedly spent just under £800,000 on in 2010, Solskjaer works part-time as a match analyst for UEFA.

And while it seems that the United legend is settled away from management, he hasn’t completely ruled out a job in international football in the future.

‘It must be something exciting enough, together with the right people,’ he continued. ‘But I feel so well now that there must be something that triggers me enough for me to choose to travel from Nordmore [in Norway].

‘I think that a national team could suit me, but then it can’t be on the other side of the globe.

‘I had two options, but it would have taken half a day to travel, and there is a time difference in the picture, so I opted out. Even if I could then take part in the championship.’

Solskjaer has twice managed Molde but has now turned down a third opportunity

Back in September, Solskjaer ignited rumours in his homeland that he would be open to taking the Norway job following the news that current boss Stale Solbakken will likely step down following the 2026 World Cup.

Speaking in Oslo two months ago, he said: ‘I am a proud Norwegian. If the question comes up, when Stale finds out that he doesn’t want it anymore, I’m happy to enter into a conversation.

‘I would say yes any day of the week. It feels wrong to sit and talk about jobs that other people have. But of course, I would say yes.’

However, Solskjaer has since admitted that he is not waiting around for the job and is instead hoping his good friend Solbakken can lead the country to football’s biggest international tournament.

‘No, I’m not [waiting for the job],’ claimed Solskjaer. ‘Firstly, nothing is better than Norway qualifying for a [major] tournament. If we manage to do it now and qualify for the World Cup in 2026, it’s time.

‘That’s what we all hope for. And we hope we do it as soon as possible, while Stale is there.’