Manchester United news: Conor McGregor hails ‘special man’ Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after eighth consecutive win

Manchester United interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is winning plenty of fans with his eight game winning run and now even Conor McGregor is hailing the ‘special man’.

The UFC superstar and Red Devils fans is notoriously hard to please but the Norwegian has ‘wowed’ him, leading to a tweet of admiration after the club’s 3-1 FA Cup win over Arsenal.

Solskjaer has got Man United players onside after Jose Mourinho’s tumultuous tenure and look like they’re playing at the top of their game after some excellent man management.

And McGregor took to social media to heap praise on the Norwegian for his time in charge so far.

Some fans on social media had thought McGregor was a Liverpool fans but later a photo emerged of the fighter as a youngster wearing a United away kit from 1995/96.