Cardiff City’s new manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made Heerenveen midfielder Magnus Wolff Eikrem his first signing for the Welsh side.

The 23-year-old Norwegian, who played under Solskjaer at Molde and was sold by the former Manchester United striker to the Dutch club, joined Cardiff for an undisclosed fee yesterday.

“I’ve known Magnus for many years, having worked with him at Man. United and then signing him for Molde,” Solskjaer said.

“While I was there I had to sell him as he was our best player – and now I feel lucky to get to sign him again for Cardiff City for a reasonable price. I see this as money well spent,” he added.

Eikrem, who never made a first-team appearance at United after playing for the youth team, has joined Cardiff in time for the league match at home to fellow strugglers West Ham on Saturday.

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