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Man Utd shop sells shirts with new name and number on back… but it’s NOT current player
DIOGO DALOT is the Manchester United number 20 - or so you’d think.
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For Manchester United have begun selling CURRENT club shirts with a different No.20 on.
But it’s not a new signing. Instead, the official United shop is selling 2018-19 shirts dedicated to caretaker-boss Ole Gunnar Solksjaer with the number he used to wear during his playing days at Old Trafford.
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The men’s home shirt with short sleeves is available for £77.90 while the long-sleeve version is £82.90. Solksjaer’s name and No.20 on the women’s shirt is £72.90 and the kids version is £57.90.
Solskjaer took over the No.20 from Gary Neville when he signed in the 1996-97 season. Neville, meanwhile, took No.2.
The Norwegian striker wore 20 for 11 years before retiring in 2007. He ended his Old Trafford career having scored the most goals as a Manchester United substitute - 28.
No-one wore 20 the year after Solskjaer left before Fabio took it for four years thereafter.
It was then handed to Robin van Persie for three years before Sergio Romero took it to the next three. It’s now in the hands of Dalot.
Solskjaer has matched Sir Matt Busby's record of winning his first four games as manager and admitted he will not want to leave at the end of the season.
It's such a great bunch of players, a fantastic atmosphere
Unlike Busby, the Norwegian has been placed in interim charge at Old Trafford following Jose Mourinho's exit, but Wednesday night's 2-0 win at Newcastle extended his perfect start.
Asked if he would not want to leave in May, he said with a smile: "Of course I won't, I don't want to.
"It's such a great bunch of players, a fantastic atmosphere, but it's the next game, it's the next game, it's the next game and I'm doing my job as long as I'm here."
Second-half goals from substitute Romelu Lukaku, who scored with his first touch after Magpies keeper Martin Dubravka spilled Marcus Rashford's free-kick, and Rashford were enough to take the points at St James' Park.
However, Solskjaer was in no mood to rest on his laurels after matching the feat of his famous predecessor, remembering his United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's approach to winning runs.
He said: "That will be in the books, but it's nothing that I'm thinking of. I'm just thinking about the next game because if you win four, you can win another four at this club. That's the challenge and that's the standard that we're known for.
"The gaffer used to challenge us on them and of course when we've won four, you can go onto the next four and think about them."
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If the win on Tyneside was rather more prosaic than what had gone before, Solskjaer was able to revel in the individual performance of England striker Rashford, who has shone in the key role he has handed him.
The Norwegian said: "He gets kicked and he gets tackled, he goes for headers, he wins, he challenges, he runs - he is going to be a top, top number nine, definitely.
"But then again, we've got Rom, so sometimes he'll play on the right, sometimes on the left, sometimes through the middle. He'll get enough games."