Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reportedly been bombarding Erling Haaland with calls in a bid to convince him to join Manchester United.
The Red Devils are very keen on landing the Dortmund forward, and Solskjaer is hoping his Molde connections can help United steal a march in the transfer race.
Haaland was signed by Molde when Solskjaer was in charge of the club and he played under the Norwegian up until he left in 2018 and took over at United.
A year later Haaland moved to RB Salzburg for a single campaign before signing for Dortmund in 2020.
Haaland has continued to improve every season and is expected to be on the move again in the summer with a number of top clubs in hot pursuit of him.
Solskjaer has previously spoken out about his relationship with Haaland from their time together at Molde and admitted he does speak to him on occasion.
"When you have had kids and players through as a coach, you follow them and I keep in touch with Erling," said the Manchester United boss.
"It's great to see him become the player he has become and [how] he works to improve all the time. He's a Dortmund player – we just wish him well there and let's see what life will bring later on.
"You know I can't speak about Erling because he's at Borussia Dortmund, and it's disrespectful to talk too much about it, apart from that I know him and I speak to him.
"Who wasn't interested in him a year ago? Everybody would say you would take the best players in the world and Erling is a top player."
United are in the market for a new centre-forward, and according to Spanish publication AS, Solskjaer has stepped up his pursuit of Haaland.
The Red Devils manager is allegedly in 'constant contact' with Haaland in the hope he can convince him to sign for Man United before the window even opens.
