No one saw that coming!An experienced German coach Ralf Rangnick is a new Manchester United interim manager, The Athletic announced on Thursday afternoon.The 63-year-old tactician agrees on a deal until the end of the season in the Red Devils dugout plus two more seasons of a consultancy role. Work permit reasons mean he will not be in charge in time for the weekend’s game at Chelsea.First days in new jobs don’t come much harder than Carrick’s! It’s Villareal away in the Champions League!Until today, Rangnick was working as Lokomotiv Moscow sports director, and his previous tenures mainly were in his homeland (Stuttgart, Hannover, Schalke, Hoffenheim). In June 2012, Rangnick became the director of football for both RB Salzburg and RB Leipzig.After parting ways with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Man Utd provided Michael Carrick with a managerial role in their last Premier League game but announced they’ll soon find the new interim boss.Pochettino responds to United rumors, Manchester contacted former Barca coachIn the meantime, the interviews were done with Rudi Garcia, Ernesto Valverde and a few others, but the final choice of the boardroom was obviously a veteran coach.He just loves England: Pochettino willing to change PSG for Manchester”I am a coach, that is my first and basic occupation, but I am also a manager. Sports and economic results are part of the same project in modern sports. The head coach does his best to choose players who will suit his football philosophy, and we must not allow ourselves to depend on other people’s decisions. See how Jurgen Klopp does it in Liverpool. And immediately there are great results. Every club needs to maintain a medium-term and long-term project. And it all starts with a key concept: clear ideas of the football you want to play, ” Rangnick said earlier when asked about his working philosophy.If this is true, Ralf Rangnick’s legacy in Russia will be:1. Coming in and upsetting + overhauling a well-set squad2. Splurging 30 million euros in the transfer market3. Sabotaging a good manager and replacing with his puppet4. Leaving Thomas Zorn in charge https://t.co/JUqsmnLbNI— Russian Football News (@RusFootballNews) November 25, 2021 Rangnick is known as a great football creator, a man who has repeatedly built entire clubs from scratch, but also someone who has not won a trophy in his career. He is valued more as a manager, talent hunter and an executive with high man-management skills more than a formidable coach.##NAJAVA_MECA_6001063##Rangnick has long been recognised as one of the first people behind the now commonplace organised, collective pressing that most modern sides use. He developed the style after a friendly against Dynamo Kyiv in 1984, who were managed by tactical visionary Valeriy Lobanovskyi.It’s interesting that nine years ago Rangnick was interviewed by WBA about taking over from Roy Hodgson but they decided to turn to other names in the end.
