‘An honour’ to take over national team
December 4, 2020
Norwegian football star Ståle Solbakken called it “an honour” to become the new head coach of Norway’s men’s national football team known as
landslaget. He thinks it’s probably “the biggest job” in Norwegian athletics.
Ståle Solbakken featured heavily in Norway’s national news on Thursday, after he’d been named to take over as head coach of the men’s national football team. PHOTO: NRK screen grab
“Being able in the course of a coaching career to lead the Norwegian national football team is an honour,” Solbakken said after Norway’s football federation NFF announced that the 52-year-old Solbakken had been hired to take over from the 72-year-old Lars Lagerbäck. He’ll start right away, on Monday, after a few weeks of discussions with NFF.