OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER has launched a massive defence of Mason Greenwood despite his off-field problems.
Greenwood, 19, was expelled from the England camp last month for disciplinary reasons.
Greenwood was accused of being late for training – but Solskjaer has denied the claimsCredit: Splash News
This week it was reported that he had twice been late for training and had an attitude problem.
He has been left out the last two Manchester United squads with an apparent ‘niggle’.
But his manager claims the player is no problem at all as he prepares to bring him back into the fold for the game against Chelsea on Saturday evening.
Solskjaer said: “I’m not concerned at all with Mason making a target for himself.
“He has come in played fantastic, kicked on and then he makes a mistake for England.
“But he’s never ever late for training.
“I’ve seen some ex United players talking about him and they don’t know what they’re talking about.
“He’s got a good family behind him.
“He’s a good trainer and I cannot believe all these stories about him not being professional, that’s something we have to deal with many players, many other players at United have had that.
“We have a great record and tradition of bringing our players through, that means from early on you get good habits, you express yourselves.
“Mason’s come through this programme, done fantastic and will be kicking on I’m sure, he’s a very exciting boy to work with.”
United return to Old Trafford for the visit of Chelsea after two impressive away performances in beating Newcastle 4-1 and PSG 2-1.
But Solskjaer says nothing will ever be enough to erase the memory of their last home game when they were hammered 6-1 by Tottenham.
He said: “I don’t think anything will erase that memory.
“It’ll always be in the history books and we have always got to live with having that result.
“You can look back at different reasons why we had that result but we have got to move forward.
“It’s happened so many times at this club that you have results out of the blue or setbacks, so far we have bounced back well.”
Solskjaer has backed Greenwood after the youngster’s latest troublesCredit: Getty Images – Getty
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