'I go into this with my eyes wide open; i want the fans to be proud'

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has signed a rolling contract with Cardiff City and succeeds Malky Mackay, who was fired on Dec 27 after his relationship with club owner Vincent Tan broke down.

Tan sacked Mackay's head of recruitment, Iain Moody, in October and his decision to part company with Mackay sparked angry protests from some Cardiff fans.

The Malaysian owner also created controversy in 2012 when he forced Cardiff to change its traditional blue color to red, but Solskjaer described reports that former United manager Alex Ferguson had warned him not to take the job as "absolute nonsense."