Izuchukwu Okosi
By Izuchukwu Okosi
Manchester United on Sunday confirmed the sack of embattled manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following the humiliating 4-1 defeat at Watford, the Premier League club has announced.
Solskjaer, who was appointed United’s permanent manager in March 2018 after a highly-successful three months in interim charge, leaves Old Trafford with the club seventh in the league standings, 12 points behind leaders Chelsea having lost five of their last seven matches.
Manchester United announces that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has left his role as manager,” the club said in a statement Sunday morning.
“Ole will always be a legend at Manchester United and it is with regret that we have reached this difficult decision.
The United heirachy met after the chastening defeat on Saturday evening where it was reported in the English media that the Norwegian’s severance package was discussed.
“While the past few weeks have been disappointing, they should not obscure all the work he has done over the past three years to rebuild the foundations for long-term success. Ole leaves with our sincerest thanks for his tireless efforts as Manager and our very best wishes for the future.
“His place in the club’s history will always be secure, not just for his story as a player, but as a great man and a Manager who gave us many great moments. He will forever be welcome back at Old Trafford as part of the Manchester United family.”
Former United midfielder Darren Fletcher is touted to be the interim manager while Zinedine Zidane is considered as a long term boss.
Nigeria striker Emmanuel Dennis scored once and assisted twice in the game.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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