I think it was the 19th of December.

Definitely.

I remember vividly on walking in, seeing everyone again that some have played with some of worked under some Ah, the stuff, the canteen.

Everyone in and around the place.

I knew.

So, uh, it was great.

Then meeting the players for his meeting.

Training session.

Of course, that will stay with me for a long time.

Is it different?

Walking into a place as the manager not was a former player off course way people hold you.

I've been in these facilities once since since I left, and that says everything about where I felt the club had gone because, yeah, many players we want to come back.

Well, we want to be here.

We were part of his family on DDE.

That was me.

I was working.

Yeah, but I had some time off a swell, and I did one soccer school session here, and that was the one time I was here.

And then it's great to be back out in terms of three words that might describe the way you go about management.

What are three words that you hold dear that describe we're gonna sell Show the mansion United Boss three words as hard.

That's that is difficult.

Describe yourself.

I think I like to think I'm a club man.

That's two words, so that makes it for me.

Loyal.

I'm a club man.

I work for the club on to build a club, and we're making better in what I think is never going to be about myself.

What's another word?

I like to delegate because I know he loads of people around.

I don't micromanage.

I don't have to have, ah, the final decision on everything.

So I delegate a lot, too, to the experts in their fields.

What do you call that in one word?

Then that's a delegate or, I suppose, delegator on DDE.

I like to to think I'm open and honest with the players that I'm approachable, that they can.

They can, uh, get straight feedback, honest feedback, but also come and ask me different different questions about not just football in life.

So they know that I have to manage for the club.

That's I don't manage for them.

I manage them, but I have to manage for the man for man united the club.

So did you get to three words more?

Describe what you're about, but I know within that there are also years.

I know that it's a player that would give in in terms of their different sides.

To you, there's a determination as to steal there.

If you need to tell people they need to know, I don't have to tell Lord, show your show anyone that I would like to think any any player that's played for me, would you e sear?

It would be easier for them to describe because, uh, ah yeah, well, I've had a couple of a couple of words, but if you in front of a few So that's that's for behind the scenes and I wouldn't ever tell anyone about in terms of inspiration.

Of course, we know the main inspiration was looking through your career.

The two clubs, of course, in Norway and your national managers, you know, I know it's a cliche that you take bits and pieces from everybody, but with anybody other than star explodes and when you think what he did, there's something I've always been a student of the game always been interested in learning on dhe looking.

Even when I was a player when I was a player, I always looked at what could gigs to do that I can't backs.

Can I take a little bit from a little bit from him?

A little bit from school?

See the same as all the court is about.

Fantastic Cochise, Karloff Scare or Steve McClaren.

Jimmy Ryan Organ hard.

His international and club wasn't yet both fantastic coach and manager Engel Olsen for the national team Nielsen on Sam National team the way they both coach Mabel also manage.

May I've learned from all of them.

But of course the main influences the boss as a manager is this worked under him for so many years and this is the best thing would be to learn off him.

But then I gotta be myself because we're different all of these different personalities to me.

And I've just got a try to be the best arts.

Ah, being the best me.

But it's funny with Sir Alex, you know, the egos, journalist, something We'd all admit that with a special time, we were lucky to be with his presence.

Was that the same in that dressing room.

Things are very different.

Even now, you know we have the reunion game.

When the gaffer spoke to us before the game and the stories he told in the stories the way he makes you wanted everything for him and realize what kind of man you've got in front of you on.

How we cares about years special, a moment when you decided when he wants to be a manager, a coach.

When when did that?

It didn't come with the injury.

It must be before.

I've always been interested in putting teams together, signing place.

I was in every one of them to play there, the real game action.

So then I played football and I thought, I want to just get away from the headlines when I got my injury.

That's when I decided I need to stay in this game because I love football so much I might not be able to play again.

Then I started to have my fortune on when you were in that dressing room with people.

We talk about that big skulls.

Never.

People have tried management.

Could you see them being managers?

Because almost 1 to 11 potentially they could have done that, I think.

Roy Keane definite for me.

The best.

The heat I've loved Thio best of my teammates that I would have said He's the best captain best leader of the team, that having you as my manager.

That's Ah, Royal.

Always speak to now and then school.

See, I tried it for a little while.

Yeah, you new kicks in Me and Giggsy and Gary went to the pro license to get together.

You knew they were gonna have a go.

I didn't know that Gary's was gonna last up short, but there you go.

But gigs here, definitely on in terms of the place that you've got in your school.

Can you already see people that might make it put pressure on Now, you know, in terms of baby coaching leading the way that where they take stuff on board?

Yeah, there's different personalities and some of them will be cool treats.

Some of them will be managers difficult to predict.

But you got pneumonia markets.

I can see him.

One will be a culture club.

He'll he'll be there, Harry.

Probably Room is already You can see that he won't stay in football Let's wait and see.

Do you prefer management to playing or the two different, like slay every day of the week?

Because some people don't suppose that's gone?

No, I you know now I miss playing so much because my knees, but it's just the camaraderie, the banter with the lads sitting in a dressing room competition that you feel part of a team now you're in charge is a different way off.

Ah, that adrenaline.

But it's dead, the two best once and in terms of your style.

You know, I know this season you have maybe picture 1st 11 twice and the 1st 2 games this season, we're going to see what that stars all about.

Perhaps next season, when you've got a personnel and people who fit well, you need time to gel a group together.

You need time to pick your team.

Force the When I came in here, the players have aunt Sir Alex, David Moyes, Fungal Marino.

They had loads of different managers.

That goes the same for me.

I've we've got players been signed by different managers, so you need time.

Rome wasn't built in a day, but we would like to speed it up on a final point.

What do you do to switch off?

Imagine it's not communicate computer games anymore.

No, no more computer games.

I got family, of course, and you love the time with the kids on the wife.

But what would What did we do without Netflix and hate Theo and all them see sky people.

Then again, you gotta watch people so you can't really switch off from from from football and management.

But if you get 45 minutes or an hour maximum to what TV serious and be sold off, different, different, that's maximum that he comes through.