To be honest with you, I wouldnt be surprised if discussions were already privately held with Ajax and VDS. The two clubs have a respectful relationship.
Ralf Rangnick | ex-interim manager | does anyone rate him?
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Very interesting. What does 2 year consultancy after that mean? He becomes a consultant to our DOFs?
fecking delicious 
My favourite choice for the interim by far. And considering that he is then gonna have a role in the club for 2 further years, it makes it even better.
Seems that Murtough knows what he is doing after all. I was actually a bit surprised with Murtough wanting him, considering that Rangnick might eye his job, but it seems that they have very good relationship.
Seems that Murtough knows what he is doing after all. I was actually a bit surprised with Murtough wanting him, considering that Rangnick might eye his job, but it seems that they have very good relationship.
So maybe not a done deal then, Moscow could say no
Heavy metal rock and roll football, not Viennese waltzing.
I love him already.
Finally we have a person who can be a proper consultant for the appointment of the next manager and other aspects of football at the club.
Er, shit. This sounds good.
Though whether Ed & co can actually give up control and stop meddling, we'll wait and see.
Damn, not another Scandinavian.
He is probably the worst journalist around. 9/10 he is wrong and then comes up with some convenient excuse as to why it never happened like he said it would.
As for RR, if everything gets signed it’ll be interesting to see how much freedom he will be given to fix your club.
Genuinely keen to see if he can make some of our mediocre players punch above their weight class.
This club loves extremes. We went frons :hugs: and :smiles: to a tactical genius
Really curious to see how involved he'll be during the 2 year consultancy and whether he'll report directly to Ed or to Murtough. To me that's the more interesting part than taking over as interim.
I mean I'd hardly say he is the GOAT, but close
High line press resistant football, with strict lines and speed - so all who can manage that are fine under him and will thrive.
He has done this stuff before at other clubs, and was in the process now, and has done some very exciting things. He is a very disciplined, forward thinking, manager and he was leading the Schalke team we beat. His methods, desires in football, and his desires of extraction from within a team are exactly what we lack. His focus is on the things we're lacking on, with that being:
1- Focus on set peices
2 - The transition from attack, to defence, back to attack
3 - The raised tempo of a group press without limiting creativity as he has said he doesn't advocate backwards/sideways passing
4 - Dealing with the high pressing teams as well as those who defend
He is very competent.
Wow what an awesome news.
The grandfather of geggenpress - our players better get fit
They. Are. Scared.
Those who are willing to commit to pressing as a group, direct football with no hesitancy, risk takers and disciplined players will thrive.
Donny, Sancho and Bruno probably then? Maybe Rashford?
Yeah, also looks like he will play a role in which coach we will hire next. One more positive is (yeah i'm looking for positives) we won't be doing any short term deals just to get through this season. He will be part of the club for next 2.5 years so he might play good enough role in shaping the squad.
Will be interesting to see how the work rate changes for few of our attackers, especially Rashford, Greenwood and Sancho.
Wow I am shocked, that sounds like great business.
Rangnick as interim manager and then moving into a higher position plus Ten Hag in the summer was my personal pipe dram. If we can pull this off I will never say something bad about our board
Rangnick as interim manager and then moving into a higher position plus Ten Hag in the summer was my personal pipe dram. If we can pull this off I will never say something bad about our board
Interesting times.
Totally. Putting a big green tick beside it doesn't mean we can't still smell the bullshit
He will be unbearable boasting about it all the time.
But apart of that I don't think it would change his plans.
Who did Ragnick manage last?
It's more about the idea that he is, yes a good manager that did some good things with lesser teams in the Bundesliga and can be considered to be the kind of "mentor" to the likes of Klopp Tuchel, Nagelsmann, Hassenhutl etc. But more than that he is probably better at steering a club from top to bottom, what you should be more excited about is the consultency job afterwards, because not only are the likes of Murtogh etc going to learn alot from this guy, the only reason we must be giving him this deal is because we finally realise that if we are to modernise and become a serious football club again, we have to give some control over to actual footballing personalities, and not just have Ed Woodward do everything. With Murtogh and now Rangnick i can see our club FINALLY joining the modern era of football clubs within the next couple of seasons, rather than languishing in the past on outdated ideas with people who don't have footballing expertise.
He also has a very entertaining style of football which means that with him making decisions we most likely won't be seeing pragmatic or outdated managers at this club, at least for the forseeable anyway, which is only a good thing to me
Wow that’s great news. He’ll surely be able to help spot an up and coming manager with modern values after he steps aside
Leipzig
Rag Ragnick
Never heard of him.
Judging by the last few years, our players' first question would be "what's a set piece?"
Yeah, I have seen you speak about this in other threads and find it a bit baffling people think he's just some sort of finance monkey.
Where?
I think he's learnt considerably from some massive failings previously and has done a much better job since - in the period you've mentioned.
Interesting journey ahead.
CL final I reckon.
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