Cristiano Ronaldo has attempted to rally the Manchester United dressing room in their time of crisis. Sources say Ronaldo is holding the dressing room together and he has encouraged teammates to support beleaguered manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Ronaldo advised the United players to not down tools, irrespective of what they thought of Solskjaer's tactics, until an eventual change of manager.
United have resisted sacking Solskjaer mainly because they have no succession plan for the Norwegian, who will take charge at Tottenham on Saturday.
High-ranking figures at the club gave no consideration to dismissing Solskjaer prior to Sunday's seismic 5-0 thrashing by Liverpool and some are 'not keen' on the former Inter Milan coach Antonio
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