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Don't have ESPN? Get instant access March 6, 2019: 3-1 vs. Insider Notebook: Rodgers eyed as Solskjaer successor

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Having only been in charge of United on a permanent basis for two-and-a-half years, it's genuinely impressive just how many times Ole has wrestled back control of the wheel just when it looked like he was veering wildly off the road. Solskjaer has managed to stage remarkable turnarounds in the Champions League, crunch league ties and Manchester derbies, and did so again against Tottenham this weekend ahead of key games against Atalanta and Manchester City. He's done it as a player and now he's doing it repeatedly as United manager, arguably saving his job several times in the process. But as we've seen in the past - not least in Barcelona in 1999 - Solskjaer has a tendency to pull a big result out of the bag right at the last, just when it's needed most. Sources have told ESPN's Rob Dawson and Mark Ogden that Solskjaer is being allowed to continue as manager but he has been told his job is still very much under threat, amid disagreements at board level over his potential successor.