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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer backs teenage striker Mason Greenwood and believes Manchester United striker will benefit from taking 'a step back' following battle with illness amid criticism over his attitude and lifestyle

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes it will be good for Mason Greenwood to take a 'step back' after confirming the Manchester United teenager has been absent for most of the international break through illness.

Following a breakthrough season, Greenwood has hit the first bumps of his fledgling career after being sent home from England duty for inviting a girl into the team hotel and censured by United over his time-keeping.

But Solskjaer defended the 19-year-old striker and believes that people sometimes forget how far Greenwood – who returned to training at the start of the week – has come in a short space of time.