MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester United will pay Molde approximately £500,000 as a goodwill gesture after hiring Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, sources have told ESPN FC.

United announced the Norwegian as their permanent manager on Thursday after he signed a three-year deal worth £7 million a year to become Jose Mourinho's successor on a full-time basis.

Solskjaer signed a three-year contract with Molde on Dec.3 before taking over at Old Trafford in a caretaker capacity just two weeks later.

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Manchester United caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is expected to return to his role at Molde in May and there is no provision for him to take the job full-time, the Norwegian club have told the Daily Mail.

Solskjaer arrived at Old Trafford on a short-term deal last month after Jose Mourinho was sacked and United have paid compensation to the Norwegian club, where the manager recently signed a new contract that runs until 2021.

"The deal is until May 12," Molde managing director Oystein Neerland...

Manchester United have stepped up their interest in Norwegian teenager Erling Braut Haaland -- son of former Manchester City midfielder Alfie -- after watching him score all four goals in Molde's 4-0 win against Brann on Sunday.

The 17-year-old, who has also been watched by his father's former club Leeds United this season, scored four goals in 21 minutes as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team defeated Norwegian league leaders Brann.

And sources have told ESPN FC that United's Scandinavian scout Tommy Moller...

Minnesota United have signed U.S. international midfielder Josh Gatt, the club announced on Wednesday.

Gatt, who last played for Molde in the Norwegian Tippeligaen, is the sixth player to join the MLS expansion franchise from Scandinavia since sporting director Manny Lagos' scouting trip in September.

"Josh has been on the American soccer radar for years," Lagos said. "He's a young player, who left for Europe to build his career. He's had some really good moments, and a couple of tough injuries.

"But...