Sir Alex Ferguson has been offered the chance to deliver Manchester United’s team talk ahead of their Premier League clash with Liverpool on Sunday.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer currently leads the Red Devils and has won 11 of his first 13 matches in charge.
They remain nine unbeaten, having last tasted defeat at Anfield in December – a 3-1 loss that brought the end of Jose Mourinho’s reign.
Ferguson was seen speaking to some United players after they beat Chelsea 2-0 in Monday’s FA Cup fifth-round match at Stamford Bridge and has been offered a wider audience ahead of the Liverpool match.
Asked if the mind games used by his mentor were something he bought into as a manager, Solskjaer said: “Nah. I don’t think Jurgen Klopp will read what I say.
“I’m not going to read what he says, or the players say. That’s further down the line I would think.
“But (Ferguson) would be welcome to have his talk to the players if he wanted to, the gaffer, because we know how much it meant for him to overtake Liverpool.
“I think our players know what it means for everyone at Man United.”
There are no firm plans for Ferguson to come in but United do not need to look far for inspiration given their current boss, a 1999 treble hero, knows all about eagerly anticipated encounters with Liverpool.
“I’ve played in a few of these myself and I know the magnitude of it for the fans, for everyone who works here, the staff,” Solskjaer said.
“There have been many comments about, ‘this is the big one’ and ‘we’re looking forward to this one’.
“Then it’s our job to be focusing and channelling all that energy into performance mode. It’s not about emotions.
“I understand that emotion can be brought into it, but we have to stay focused and controlled but with some fight in us as well.”
Listen to the Manchester United vs Liverpool clash on Sunday live on talkSPORT with kick off at 2.05pm.