Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has dropped his biggest hint yet that he sees Cristiano Ronaldo as a central striker in his new-look Manchester United attack.
The Portuguese star is set to make a return to Old Trafford next week after United struck a deal with Juventus and could even make his debut against Newcastle after the international break.
In his absence, the Red devils moved up to third in the Premier League table with a narrow 1-0 victory at Wolves.
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The hosts missed a number of chances and forced David de Gea into a remarkable double save from Roman Sais, 10 minutes before Mason Greenwood won the game with his third goal in the Premier League.
Greenwood has led the line this campaign with distinction in the absence of Rashford and Edinson Cavani, who made his first appearance of the season as a second-half substitute at Wolves.
Solskjaer again hailed the teenager after the game but suggested his role might change ahead of Ronaldo’s arrival.
‘It’s special,’ said Solskjaer when asked for his reaction to Greenwood’s 20th League goal. ‘To get the shot on target from that angle is good, of course the keeper maybe could have saved it but he hit it so quickly.
‘The beauty of him is that he can go outside right foot and inside left foot, so it’s hard for a defender.’
Asked by Sky Sports where he sees Ronaldo playing in his attack, meanwhile, he added: #Cristiano has evolved as a player. He used to play wide right, wide left, up front. He’s more of a centre forward for me at the moment, definitely.
‘But there will be games where we play with two up front, three up front. I want him in the box, I want him scoring goals.
‘That’s football for you, sometimes it happens. We’ve always been watching Cristiano thinking one day he’s going to move and we’d be interested. We never thought he was going to leave Juventus this season. When he did we had to speak to him of course.
‘Everyone that cares for Man Utd wanted this to happen and everyone played a part but the biggest thing was that Cristiano wanted to come here.’
