Besiktas confession from Solskjaer: 'I didn't expect it' | Interesting analogy: 'It was like a roller coaster'

Former Beşiktaş manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made surprising statements about his time at the Black-Whites. Solskjaer, who stated that he did not think he would be sent off after the European defeat, also compared his days in Turkey to a 'roller coaster', which was quite remarkable.

The experienced technical man's statements are as follows;

"When Beşiktaş made an offer, I did some research. I knew the history of the club. I had spoken to them twice before. I talked to them a year before I accepted, then six months ago, there was another president. Then that president left. Then the current president made an offer. I had been out of football for a while. A very big club made an offer. I said to myself 'accept it, go and enjoy it'. I was good at what I did, I did my best. In our first season we had a great form graph and we almost qualified for Europe without playing in the qualifiers."

'THIS TASK IS FUN...'

"After leaving Beşiktaş, I worked for the UEFA Champions League. I worked as a technical observer. I prepared written reports on some competitions. In some competitions, I determined the winner of the 'Man of the Match Award'. For example, for the Arsenal - Atletico Madrid match, I prepared video analyses, wrote some reports, made preparations for training videos on tactics, transitions, etc. This task is fun. Free match tickets, free flights..."

"When I was in Turkey, I used to say to the players at Beşiktaş, 'Let's do some extra finishing training.' The young players would do it immediately. When you say that to the experienced players after training..."

HAALAND QUOTES

"Footballers play a lot of games these days. It can be difficult to have extra shooting drills, finishing drills after training. But you look at the best, Erling Haaland for example, he never misses his extra training despite the intense match schedule. Those extras have become a routine for him. When he was my player, he practiced headers and shooting every day without exception, every day without fail. When he finished these two training sessions, he would practice 15-20 penalty kicks. He was 17 or 18 at the time."

'IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC'

"I am a calm man, but when they win they are too high, when they lose they are too low. I am never too high or too low. They are very passionate. For example, when we won a game there was a party, when we lost a game everyone died."

'FIVETASH IS A GREAT CLUB'

"My days in Turkey were like a roller coaster. It was absolutely fantastic, wonderful. The fans were very passionate, both in good times and bad. Living in Istanbul, being with the Turkish people, was absolutely fantastic. I don't think I was the right person to bring stability to Beşiktaş, or at least I hoped I was, but it didn't happen. It didn't happen..."

"I can say I stayed longer than 6-7 managers before me. Beşiktaş is a magnificent club. The people are amazing. I absolutely loved everything at Beşiktaş. The atmosphere in the stadium is incredible, crazy. We beat Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe at home, you can't believe the atmosphere. In those moments you are the best. But for example, we lost a game in Europe, it was a qualifying round. We won the first league game, then we lost that knockout round game in the Conference League and we left."

'I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD BE SENT OFF'

"I didn't think I would be sent off after losing the Conference League qualifier. Before the game, on the day of the game, I had a meal with the chairman. The night before Manchester United had lost to Grimsby in the cup. So these things happen in football. This came up at dinner. We were playing the Swiss team and they knocked on wood and said 'I hope it doesn't happen to us'. 6-7 hours after dinner, we talked in his office, we were sad, we hugged and said 'bye' to each other."

HE TOLD THE MOMENT OF HIS BREAKUP

"I was at the press conference. As soon as I finished they said, 'The president wants to see you'. There were two possibilities. The first was to be sent away. The second was that we were going to the national break, we were going to go somewhere abroad, but... I said to myself that I would probably be dismissed. The whole management was there. I still have very good relations with all of them. The results were not good and it had nothing to do with me personally. That's how it works in football. My feelings are not important. They wanted to do this and I said okay, no problem."