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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reveals he told Manchester United to sign Erling Haaland in 2018 for just £4m but they didn't listen... with striker eventually ending up at rivals Manchester City

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed that he told Manchester United to buy Erling Haaland for £4million in 2018 but the club refused.

Solskjaer stated that he told United about Haaland around six months before taking charge of United in December 2018.

The pair worked together at Molde and Solskjaer was fully aware of Haaland's enormous potential but the striker instead joined Red Bull Salzburg and then Borussia Dortmund before his £51.2million move to Manchester City last year.

Now 22 years old, Haaland is undoubtedly one of the stars of world football but he could have ended up at United instead of City.