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Virgil van Dijk to be left looking for a new house as landlord Ole Gunnar Solskjaer returns

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's appointment as full-time Manchester United manager is to leave Virgil van Dijk looking for a new home.

Solskjaer has revealed he and his family plan to move into the luxury house he built in Cheshire 12 years ago after signing a three-year contract as Old Trafford boss.

The Norwegian has been renting out the pile to Liverpool defender Van Dijk, a cornerstone of United's great rivals who are battling Manchester City for the Premier League title.

And Solskjaer said: "We've really enjoyed the last eight years living in Norway.

"It's going to be a change for them but we're looking forward to it.

"The six months that we agreed on (when initially taking the job on until the end of the season) as a family we agreed to do it separately as there was no need to move them over. That's gone now. Now we're moving together.

(Eamonn and James Clarke)

"We built a house, or I started it in 2007, but finally maybe in 2019 we can move into it - that's long planning!"

Solskjaer, who has overseen 14 wins from his 19 games in caretaker charge, put the five-bedroom property on the market after he returned to Norway to manage Molde.

But he failed to find a buyer for his house, and rented it out to former Celtic centre-back Van Dijk - meaning Solskjaer has had to stay at the Lowry Hotel in the city centre.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appointed Manchester United manager on three-year deal  

The Lowry was where Solskjaer's predecessor Jose Mourinho lived during his two-and-a-half years in Manchester before his dismissal in December.

Solskjaer's 3.4 acre property is said to include a media room, a utility room, a store room/AV room and a first-floor study area.

It also has a master bedroom with a dressing room and en-suite bathroom, four further bedrooms, a garage, a brick outbuilding with a pool room, a dark room and a gym.

In addition, there is also an extensive rear garden and a front paddock with stables.

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