Solskjaer's son: I always get fed

Apr 13, 2021 09:40 pm

The older son of Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has weighed in on his father’s spat with Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho after the Norwegian coach said he wouldn’t feed his son if he simulated an injury.

The row erupted following United’s 3-1 win in the English Premier League on Sunday, when Solskjaer senior criticised Spurs attacker Son Heung-min for exaggerating his reaction after he appeared to be struck on his face.

United had a goal disallowed after Son seemed to be struck by Scott McTominay in the build-up, with Solskjaer saying afterwards that if his son, who plays for Kristiansund in his native Norway, went down the way Son did, he wouldn’t feed him.

That prompted an angry response from Mourinho, who said that Son’s dad was a better person than Solskjaer, but Noah came to his father’s defence in Tidens Krav, a local newspaper in Kristiansund.

“I always get fed, I can assure you of that,” the 20-year-old midfielder told the paper with a smile, adding that his Norwegian teammates had teased him over the incident when he arrived for training on Monday, asking if he’d had breakfast.

“I have never lain down the way Son did. Mourinho probably just wanted to take the focus away from the fact they had lost,” he said. – REUTERS