Ralph Rangnik’s comments after the loss of Manchester United to Crystal Palace indicated that the German remained at Old Trafford because of his advisory role.
United announced on Sunday that Rangnik will leave the club before taking up his advisory role. The 63-year-old will take over the Austrian national team full-time.
In a statement, the club said: “We would like to thank Ralph Rangnik for his efforts as interim manager over the past six months. By mutual agreement, Ralph will now focus solely on his new role as manager of the Austrian national team and will therefore not take on an advisory role at Old Trafford.
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However, this sudden turn of events is even more surprising, given Rangnik’s comments after last weekend’s defeat by Crystal Palace. Speaking about the transition to the role of consultant, Rangnik detailed his conversations with the new boss Eric ten Haag about the role of consultant.
He said: “We have connected via WhatsApp and we hope that we will have the opportunity to meet and talk in person, over the weekend or Monday morning at the latest. I look forward to speaking with him personally and knowing him personally. “
He then added: “We talked about it [his consultancy] in detail. For all the different areas where I might be useful.
“It is not so easy or not so difficult to understand in which areas this could be. I think we have shown that in the last 15 years with Hoffenheim, Salzburg and Leipzig, even for clubs that are not as prominent as Manchester United, it is possible to identify, develop and even sell at one stage.
“I know that Manchester United is not a club that sells, but rather a growing and buying club, but it is possible and the most important thing is for the club to find players for whom this is the next logical step in their career.” to develop their sports careers. If that happens, I can be positive and hope to be encouraging for our fans that we will bring United back to the top. “
Seven days later, Rangnik will not be looking forward to next season with United. Instead, his entire focus will be on Austria, where he will lead for the first time against Croatia on Friday in the League of Nations.
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