OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER might be the best super sub of all time.
And the Manchester United legend was a big fan of Gareth Southgate’s decision to unleash Ollie Watkins off the bench yesterday.
The Aston Villa sensation, 28, bagged a later winner to break Dutch hearts and send England into the final of Euro 2024.
Rio Ferdinand shared a video of himself celebrating wildly with some A-list company.
And after the game he bumped into former team-mate Solskjaer, 51.
The Norwegian hugged Ferdinand and joked: “Bring a sub on and he’ll get you the winner. That’s how it’s done.”
Rio, 45, replied: “He made a career out of that this guy.”
Fans were loving the clip Ferdinand shared on X.
One replied: “It takes one to know one.”
“Bro’s a magician he knows how it’s done,” added another.
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A third posted: “He knows! Proper legend!!”
When he retired in 2008, Solskjaer held the records for most goals scored for Manchester United as a substitute (28) and most Premier League strikes off the bench (17).
The latter record has since been broken by Jermain Defoe (24).
Nine summers ago, Watkins went on a lads’ holiday after helping to save Conference South side Weston-Super-Mare from relegation.
He has risen through the ranks ever since and now will have a chance to play in Sunday’s showpiece.
Harry Kane is likely to lead the line from the off but Watkins and Ivan Toney will both be hoping to make an impact.
They would be delighted to recreate Solskjaer’s historic strike off the bench to seal United’s Treble in 1999.
AFTER what has been a tough tournament of times, what an opportunity Gareth Southgate and his team will have to end in the best possible way, writes Jack Wilshere.
We might like a team that played better football. But it’s a results business.
Germany, Italy, France, Portugal and of course Holland would love to be where we are.
People will say we’re lucky because we’re on this side of the draw.
But we won the group. France didn’t and then ran into Spain.
You can say it wasn’t that pretty, but we’re there.
Gareth and his coaches won’t have been happy with some of the performances.
But I did like the way Gareth and his team have dealt with it.
There was no panic coming out of the camp.
Everyone gave the same message: ‘We know we can better, but we’re here still.’
And on Sunday they will be in Berlin to play Spain.
They will probably have to produce two halves of football as good as the first against Holland to beat them.
We have improved as the tournament has gone on and that is how you win things.
You want to peak in the final.
If Gareth can lead England to that major trophy we’ve all been waiting for, it will be the perfect answer to the critics and a brilliant day for us all.
Read Jack Wilshere’s England vs Holland verdict in full.
Or check out all of SunSport columnist Jack’s Euros 2024 opinions…
