Mason Greenwood: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants forward to improve heading to become a ‘No 9’
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said Mason Greenwood must master the art of heading if he is to evolve into a ‘No 9’ at Manchester United.
Greenwood scored his first goal of the season as a substitute, along with fellow England international Marcus Rashford, in United’s 3-0 win at Luton in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.
Former United forward Solskjaer is confident Greenwood will continue to develop his physical presence and improve his all-round game as the 18-year-old looks to move on from an off-field incident in Iceland which saw him sent home from international duty for breaching Covid guidelines.
„He can play through the middle as well. I think, as a young boy, not physically grown yet, it is nice to be facing forward rather than being the No 9, the foil; being the battering ram if you like.
„So I think he’ll end up as a No 9 in the end, probably. But he’s so good with his right and left [foot], so he can come in off his right and left, or through the middle. I scored most of my goals from just outside the post as well, I wasn’t like in the middle.
„For him to be a No 9, though, he needs to learn how to head the ball. I keep telling him that and, if he wants to do that, he’s welcome to come and practice with me.“
Solskjaer was also asked post-match about Jesse Lingard, who has been linked with Tottenham, but chose to highlight the winger’s performance at Kenilworth Road rather than comment on transfer speculation surrounding the 27-year-old.
„I thought he was bright,“ Solskjaer told Sky Sports. „He’s getting closer to a goal. He’s got legs and was bright and busy today.“
The victory against Championship club Luton marked Dean Henderson’s first-team debut for United and Solskjaer praised the goalkeeper’s performance, including a smart stop from Tom Lockyer’s header to deny Luton a late equaliser.
„You could see it happening, you could see it being set up for the big lad at the back stick and he made a save, Dean,“ the Norwegian said.
„I’m very pleased with his performance both when he had to make the save and also how he voiced the team. And when he’s got the ball at his feet he’s always comfortable.“
United face Brighton on Saturday at the Amex Stadium, where they will target their first Premier League victory of the season after losing at home to Crystal Palace in their opening game at the weekend.
Soccer Accumulator Bonus
Our fantastic Euro Soccer accumulator offer gives you the chance to earn a bonus of up to 100% on accumulators on the top domestic leagues in Europe along with the group and knockout stages of the Champions League.
This offer applies to returns on pre-match accumulators of 3 or more selections on Full Time Result or Result/Both Teams To Score markets for the English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga 1 or UEFA Champions League.
The maximum bonus that you can receive is ˆ100,000 or currency equivalent. The bonus will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, the bonus will be calculated based .on the remaining active stake. If a qualifying bet is edited .using our Edit Bet feature. The bonus will be calculated based on the new stake. Where a bet has been edited to include or amend a selection for an event that is In-Play, the bonus will no longer apply. Double Chance bets or combination bets with bonuses. Such as Lucky 15’s or Lucky .31’s do not apply for this offer.
If your bet is successful, we will add the following bonuses to your returns:
Bet Type Bonus
14-folds and upwards 100% bonus
Terms and Conditions
Applies to straight pre-match accumulator bets on the Full Time Result or Result/Both Teams To Score markets for UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga .1 or Australian A-League matches. Maximum bonus ˆ100,000 or currency equivalent. Soccer Accumulator Bonus does not apply to Double Chance bets or combination. bets with bonuses such as Lucky 15’s, Lucky 31’s etc.
If any selections are postponed/void then the bonus will still apply, but the percentage bonus added will reflect the actual number of winning selections. For example, an 8-fold accumulator with 7. winners and 1 postponed match will receive a 30% .bonus to returns.
The bonus part of your returns will be added to your account within 24 hours of your final selection having played.
This bonus will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, the bonus will be calculated based on the remaining active stake.
If a qualifying bet is edited using our Edit Bet feature, the bonus will be calculated based on the new stake. Where a bet has been edited to include or amend a selection for an event that is In-Play, the bonus will no longer apply.
Where any term of the offer or promotion is breached or there is any evidence of a series of bets placed by a customer or group of customers, which due to a deposit bonus, enhanced payments, free bets, risk free bets or any other promotional offer results in guaranteed customer profits irrespective of the outcome, whether individually or as part of a group, bet365 reserves the right to reclaim the bonus element of such offers and in their absolute discretion either settle bets at the correct odds, void the free and risk free. bets or void any bet funded by the deposit bonus.
In addition bet365 .reserve the right to levy an administration charge on the customer up to the value of the deposit bonus, free bet, risk free bet or additional payment to cover administrative costs. We further reserve the right to ask any customer to provide sufficient documentation for us to be satisfied in our absolute discretion as to the customer’s identity prior to us crediting any bonus, free bet, risk free bet or offer to their account.
All bet365 offers are intended for recreational players and bet365 may in its sole discretion limit the eligibility of customers to participate in all or part of any promotion.
.
