Solskjaer keen to return

Age Hareide believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will once again kick a ball.

The striker is set to miss the whole of this season through injury on the back of missing the majority of the 2003/04 campaign with Manchester United.

Solskjaer is to undergo knee surgery in Stockholm and many believe the marksman may now be forced to retire.

However, Hareide has spoken to The Red Devil, who has aspirations of playing in the 2006 World Cup, and has every confidence he will return to action.

"He (Solskjaer) said to me that he really wants to come back as a footballer," Hareide told Dagbladet.

"He is very positive, and I think that he will manage it as well."