“He built most famously two clubs from nowhere to proper threats and forces in Germany with Hoffenheim and Leipzig. “Ralf is obviously a really experienced manager,” he warned. My head’s on the game, I haven’t got any more news to share with you on that front.”Īsked for his thoughts on Rangnick’s imminent appointment, Klopp said his arrival ought to be a source of concern for other clubs. As I’m sitting here now, I’m preparing the team for the game, really. “Speculation and reports are speculation and reports. “To be honest, from my point of view, not a lot, really,” he parped. While some cynics have pointed out that if he’s as good as assorted excitable hipster fanboys make out he wouldn’t be working in relative obscurity in Moscow, it’s worth noting that since Manchester United last won a trophy, Lokomotiv have won their domestic league and two Russian Cups.Ĭurrently interim to the incoming interim, Michael Carrick will be in charge of United when they get thrashed at Chelsea on Sunday and the former midfielder was unable to provide much enlightenment to reporters regarding Rangnick’s imminent arrival when asked if he had any news.
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Credited with having invented gegenpressing almost 10 years after Jack Charlton had perfected the tactic with the Republic O’Ireland, he is widely credited with having been a huge influence on Jürgen Klopp, Julian Nagelsmann and Tommy T and has worked largely as a director of football in the past decade. Rangnick’s appointment has prompted a slew of chin-stroking articles detailing just what a great acquisition the professorial German egghead will be once his exit from his role as head of sports and development at Lokomotiv Moscow has been negotiated. The proposition he has accepted from United is rather different, however, as Rangnick has been offered a two-year consultancy role to help whip the club into shape once his time in charge of interim managing the team is up.
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On Thursday, it was revealed the club had agreed personal terms to give it Ralf Rangnick til end of t’season, a decision that prompted some t1ttering from sceptical hacks who remembered the professorial German turning down a similar gig when Frank Lampard’s Chelsea fired FLCMFL on the grounds that “to the media and players you would be the ‘four-month’ manager, a lame duck from day one”.
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Just eight years after Lord Ferg left the club, Manchester United finally appear to have stumbled upon something resembling a decent succession plan.