Ole Gunnar Solskjær will not hear of it.
“I think it is unfair to designate any person or football players for a total group. I know that there already is the player who makes a big effort in the local community, and players do a lot to help in this situation,” he says.
Manchester United manager reacts in an interview with Sky Sports on the most recent criticism of the Premier League stars allegedly a lack of willingness to allow themselves to economic compensation in connection with the coronapandemien, there is also in England have hit large parts of the society.
“It is sometimes easy to shoot at the soccer ball,” says Ole Gunnar Solskjær.
It made the british health minister, Matt Hancockm, the other day, when he called on Premier League players to ‘take responsibility’.
“The first thing they can do is to make a contribution by going down in salary,” said the minister.
however, There have recently been stories that the Premier League players have been in the process of organizing a way to contribute. Not by going to a fixed percentage down wages, but rather by donating an equivalent share of the salary to hospitals, and the like.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær confirms in the interview that ‘there shall discussions take place between the players and the clubs’ on how they should contribute.
“It is not easy for anyone, and it is not fair to be hung out,” says the Norwegian:
“There have been mistakes, and there have been many people, but it is also how we learn. Now it is about to make better decisions, good decisions.”
He stresses that in the instant situation, all want to help the health service, and as such, it is now no different to be a football player than a regular citizen.
“First and foremost we are role models, and sometimes we are also heroes in the world of football, but now we must take a step back. The real heroes are those who work in the front line. I think that all appreciate and admire what they do,” says Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who encourages everyone to follow the guidelines that have been laid out by the English government.
