Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has warned his under-performing stars no one is indispensable – including him.
United under-fire boss said not even stars like Cristiano Ronaldo or captain Harry Maguire are “undroppable” as the club look to bounce back from last week’s Liverpool debacle.
But after a week during which he admitted he has not received any assurances about his future from the board, Solskjaer conceded the buck stops with him.
“In a squad like we have with top quality players everyone expects to play, and I expect every one of them to expect to play,” he said.
“But they’re also ready that they know they have good teammates around them and no one is undroppable, of course they’re not.
“It’s up to me to pick the right team for the games and see who is in the right frame of mind for this and then Tuesday in the Champions League.”
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“When you have a performance and a spell like we’ve had, that’s not what I call about and say. My job is to put things right and that’s what I’m trying to do.
“I’m not here to ask for assurances.”
United, who start Saturday’s match in seventh place a point behind Spurs and eight points off table-toppers Chelsea, will try to arrest a slump of four Premier League games without a win.
But Solskjaer insisted he and his squad could handle the pressure.
“I’ve been through some very bad moments as a player here and when I’ve been a manager I’ve dealt with setbacks,” he said.
“There have been two or three crises at least since I became manager here and one thing I can say is I’ll always give it a good shot and fight back.”
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