Germans know their football – Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel raised Liverpool and Chelsea to the status of European champions, before them Hansi Flick did the same with Bayern. And someone at Manchester United (read, Ed Woodward) thought that it was enough to hire a German (Ralf Rangnick) to get results, improve the game and the climate in the locker room – he was wrong.After close to 20 games on the bench, Rangnick got eliminated from the FA Cup, the Champions League, and the qualification in the elite European competition hangs on a thread – only sixth on the table, four steps behind Arsenal (and he played a match more), Tottenham are ahead (points advantage). For example, the Red Devils finished the previous season in second place – and they were bad. Imagine how low United fell, when Rangnick ‘surpassed’ the ‘bad’ Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. It seems like there is no plan at Old Trafford since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.The most credible confirmation of the thesis is the news from Sky Sports that United literally do not know what to do with Ralf Rangnick. Just as the former head coach of Schalke and Leipzig does not know what to do with a team that oozes individual quality (Ronaldo, Pogba, Cavani, Rashford, Sancho…), so the club’s executives are literally not sure what role to entrust to the German when this season is over.Manchester City bosses are the best salesmen on the planetThe initial information after Solskjaer’s dismissal was that Manchester will bring in an interim manager and continue to look for a solution until the end of the season. A few days later, they hired Rangnick and gave him the authority to lead the team, emphasizing that he would move to the position of advisor after the final round. And the latest information from the UK media is that the executives are painfully unsure about what the role of the 63-year-old German should be.Some experts even go so far as to claim that the management of Manchester United is considering removing Ralf Rangnick as far as possible from the first team, while limiting his role in organizational schemes, from younger categories to the seniors. And until a few months ago, it was said that he was brought in just to set up a system that gave great results in RB Leipzig. Now, all of a sudden, none of that matters.Ronaldo has decided to stay at Man United, waiting for Ten Hag to arriveThe people who are currently sitting in the offices at the Theater of Dreams allegedly do not want to make any decisions during the season, so the focus would be on qualifying for the Champions League, from where the club draws a large source of funding. Everything indicates that it will be tricky for the Red Devils, the only dilemma is where to place Rangnick. He will not stay on the bench, he will not be the club’s sports director, the question is whether he will be entrusted with the role of an advisor. And to be marginalized, without influence – is something he probably will not accept.As the bench will certainly remain empty, the other burning question is who will be the next Manchester United first-team manager. According to Sky Sports, the management narrowed the selection to four candidates – Mauricio Pochettino, Erik ten Hag, Luis Enrique and Julen Lopetegui.Is Old Trafford going down in history? Manchester United consider knocking down their famous stadiumPochettino’s project in Paris Saint-Germain failed and parting ways is certain. Some even believe that the Argentine would be the most suitable for Manchester because he knows the Premier League. Unlike the others. However, Pochettino did not win a single trophy until his arrival in Paris. Quite an important item.As important as the knowledge that Enrique is the coach of the Spanish national team at the moment and that there is a massive doubt that he could work at two jobs with the same zeal at the same time.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Erik ten Hag laid the foundations of the current Ajax and seems like a great choice for the club, the only question is whether United is the right environment for the Dutchman since Amsterdam operates under less pressure than it would in England and ten Hag is surrounded by people who played football. Which is not the case in Manchester. There is also Lopetegui, capable of lifting a club like Sevilla, but the dilemma is whether he can do the same with a much ‘bigger’ club. Ralf Rangnick certainly isn’t.
