Manchester United interim coach Ralf Rangnick has revealed that his inability to establish Manchester United team spirit is his biggest regret.
Ralf Rangnick replaced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United in November last year as Manchester United interim manager. The German became the sixth coach to manage the Old Trafford since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.
The 63-year-old came in with a big reputation but could not turn things around at Manchester United. The Red Devils are currently sixth on the Premier League table and going to miss out on Champions League football next season.
What did Ralf Rangnick say?
Speaking at press ahead of Manchester United’s last Premier League game with Crystal Palace he said:” Since Atletico, we just didn’t find our shape or form again.
“Before then we had stabilized the team, become more stable defensively. But then we lost confidence and energy.
“It has got to do with confidence, team spirit, and togetherness. This is my biggest disappointment that we didn’t establish that team spirit.
“I still strongly believe that there is a core of players here who are top, good enough to play for this club.“
Erik Ten Hag will replace Ralf Rangnick as the coach of Manchester United next season with the German set taking a consultancy role at the Club.
He added: “We spoke about that in detail,’ Rangnick said after confirming the pair had been in contact this week. ‘We spoke about all the different areas where I could maybe be of help.
“It’s not that difficult to know in which areas this could be. I think we showed that in the last 15 years with Hoffenheim, Salzburg, and Leipzig, even for clubs not as prominent as Manchester United, it’s possible to identify, develop, and even at one stage sell players.
“I know Manchester United is not a selling club but rather a developing and buying club, but this is possible and this is what is most important, that the club finds players for whom it is the next logical step in their career, to develop their sporting career.
“If that happens, I can be positive and I can hopefully be encouraging for our fans that we will bring United back to the top.“
Despite Manchester United missing out on the top four, Rangnink believes Manchester United can finish the season on a high note and qualify for the Europa League.
He continued:‘We, once again, unfortunately, have quite a few players missing and another couple of players with question marks,’ said the interim manager.
‘We have to wait for tomorrow’s last training session but, as it stands now, there will be quite a few players missing.
‘I’m still positive that we will have a strong starting XI and finish the season on a higher note than we did at Brighton.
‘I’m positive that the players want to get things right and show and prove to everybody that they are capable of playing a lot better than we did at Brighton.’
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