Cardiff return a reminder of the challenge facing Solskjaer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first test as Manchester United's caretaker manager will come in familiar surroundings as the Norwegian returns to Cardiff City on Saturday, hoping to fare better than he did during an ill-fated nine-month spell with the Welsh side in 2014.

Solskjaer's appointment was described as designed to put a smile back on the face of everyone at the club after the confrontational end to Jose Mourinho's two-and-a-half years in charge.

The new man's first act on his return to the club's Carrington training ground was reportedly to gift a bar of Norwegian chocolate to the club's long-serving receptionist -- a gesture of the human qualities United know they are getting.

"The smiling assassin sums him up," former United midfielder Darren Fletcher, who played with Solskjaer, told the BBC.

"He's a lovely fella but Ole will let people know if he's not happy with them."