Ole discusses mind games with Klopp and Fergie team-talk

Ian Watson

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he has no interest in engaging in mind games with Jurgen Klopp.

The Manchester United caretaker boss will welcome Klopp’s Liverpool to Anfield in the return match to the one that proved to be the end for his predecessor.

United were comfortably beaten 3-1 at Anfield in December and that proved to be Jose Mourinho’s final match at the helm before he was replaced by Solskjaer two days later.

The Portuguese was known for his mind games ahead of big matches, as was Solskjaer’s mentor Sir Alex Ferguson.

Asked if mind games were something he bought into as a manager, the Norwegian said: “Nah. I don’t think Jurgen Klopp will read what I say.

“I’m not going to read what he says or the players say. That’s further down the line I would think.

“But (Ferguson) would be welcome to have his talk to the players if he wanted to, the gaffer, because we know how much it meant for him to overtake Liverpool.

“I think our players know what it means for everyone at Man United. No (plans for Ferguson to come in right now).”