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9.10am GMT

Solskjæer on his ambitions for the club: “I want to get my principles into the boys from the first game. Get the boys to understand how I want them to play, how we want to play as a team. Work together and then let’s see how many points we can gather. I’m not going to set any targets, we’ll take it game by game.”

9.09am GMT

Solskjær on his team to face Cardiff: “Michael [Carrick] and Kieran [McKenna] have been here for the whole season. They’ve had their say and their input. There are so many games in the next 15 days. “It’s about picking a team that you think is going to get results. Michael and Kieran have been great, I have to say. It’s great to be back home, they’ve been really helpful.”

Solskjær the absence of Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez, who are both injured. “Lukaku has had a couple of days off, I’ve not seen him yet and I’ve not seen Alexis [who is in Chile] because he’s on his way back as well. I’m looking forward to seeing them.”

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