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Ralf Rangnick Asks to Meet Alex Ferguson Immediately
Manchester Unitd head coach Ralf Rangnick Has Asked to Meet the Great Alex Ferguson Immediately in a one-on-one first encounter after taking mantle of leadership over the reds.
The interim manager Ralf Rangnick is eager to meet Sir Alex Ferguson once again in the coming weeks.
Ralf is starting to settle into his new role and will be in the Old Trafford dugout for the home Premier League clash with Crystal Palace on Sunday.
For his debut as Reds boss, he will sit in the seat previously occupied by Sir Alex, who Rangnick of course faced twice as Schalke 04 manager in the two legs of the 2011 UEFA Champions League semi-final.
Although the night over 10 years ago went better for the Scot than the German, as United secured a spot in the final with a 4-1 win at the Theater of Dreams, our new interim boss would still like to chat with the club’s most successful manager.
Ralf Rangnick Asks to Meet Alex Ferguson Immediately
Rangnick to meet Man Utd legend Sir Alex Ferguson
When speaking to journalists for the Sunday newspapers, Rangnick revealed that a meeting with Fergie is in the works, but he has not been able to see Sir Alex yet.
“I would have wanted to already but he came back from New York yesterday and had to stay one or two days at home due to Covid regulations. But I’m very much looking forward to meeting Feruguson in the next two or three weeks,” Rangnick said.
“Darren Fletcher has already told me that he wants to arrange a lunch or a dinner. I saw him obviously when we played against each other. After the second leg, he invited me into his office at Old Trafford for a glass of wine. At the time he enjoyed it more than I did because we lost 4-1. The team he had and the team we had… the gap was just too big at the time.”
After the glass of wine at the Theater of Dreams, the duo met again four years later in what Rangnick describes as a brilliant experience.
“I met Alex Ferguson again in 2015 at the awards for Kicker sports magazine,” Ralf said.
“We had dinner together at the time and it was superb. Once again, I’m very much looking forward to meeting him again in person.”
Does Rangnick take coaching inspiration from Ferguson?
When Ralf Rangnick was asked by the journalists whether he will draw inspiration from Sir Alex’s time and feats as United manager.
He said, “The important thing is to stick to and celebrate this Man United DNA that we still have but implement it and transfer it to modern football,”
“This is the most important thing and, in fact, it’s pretty easy in football. You need to have an idea of how you want to play football, what you stand for, a certain identity.
“‘How do we want to be seen? How do we want to play? How do our fans want us to play?’ And then make sure you have the best possible recruitment so you can sign the best possible players for this kind of football and at the same time, in the medium or long term, have the best possible manager to train and coach this group of players.”
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There is NO REASON for Gareth Southgate to be linked with the Manchester United job
Gareth Southgate is the only person in the Universe who can turn Manchester United into Middlesbrough within no time
The English media is trying all their best to push Southgate to united, but he is championship level manager at best
The England national team is waay better than this Manu squad, and he has had 0 success ( reaching semis ain’t success). So what exactly are people expecting if he becomes Manu boss
Absolutely no way! Why would Man U hire Southgate? That would be the worse decision in the history of the game.
ETH outwitted Klopp last weekend in one of the best and most dramatic FA cup clashes in years and I’m sorry but Southgate would not have won that game and ETH has had to deal with Ronaldo, Sancho, Greenwood and so on, he deserves more time
Soccer Football – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag on the pitch before the match REUTERS/Umit Bektas/ File photo
I have been saying this for weeks now. If United were under any other manager especially Southgate, they would be fighting for relegation right now. The problem at United is not Ten Hag but the players.
People keep saying that Ten Hag’s style of football at United is not attractive and no identity but there is so much that a manager can do if the players themselves are not good enough or not putting enough effort. Ten Hag’s Ajax were playing attractive football and he managed to get them to the SF of the CL.
Without him, look at Ajax now. And the media keep pushing their agenda to get Ten Hag sack and replace him with a much worse manager like Southgate. If Ten Hag is managing England right now, with the players they have, we won’t see such a passive football like we saw yesterday vs Brazil. Ask Liverpool fans, would they replace Klopp with Southgate? I rest my case.
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Liverpool only have themselves to blame for loss to Manchester United. Had to find a way to squeeze in the random Bruno slag off in between. Dude was dead on his feet at full time, and had to slot in to center back for the last 30 minutes.
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How come everybody seems to have forgotten that 2 of LFC’s goals were pure luck?
More shots, same shots on goal, higher goal expectancy. What is this narrative that Liverpool should have put this game away, if anything we should’ve put this game away! They had a good 20, 25 minute stint where they kept the ball in the second half, but did nothing with it, we deservedly won this game.
David de Gea is still without a club since leaving Manchester United this summer (Image: Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)
For Liverpool fans: don’t say that we lost to Manchester United because Jota Trent Alisson and jones didn’t play. We have to stop doing that every time a team loses a big game it’s very stupid because had you won, you wouldn’t be saying that. Don’t forget that when y’all drew 0-0 to them at home Trent Alisson and Jones started. Keep in mind how well they’ve been playing despite having lots of injuries they almost beat Manchester City’s full strength squad last week.
Also, you lose to Manchester United, 2 fringe players for them decided the game for them, Liverpool didn’t play well and a loss is a loss you have to accept it otherwise you’re a sole loser and are unwilling to take it.
It’s interesting how nothing much is said about the mistakes made by Liverpool, but all criticism is piled on Bruno; how supposedly poor he was.
Ten Hag claims United is moving in the right direction 👀 WHAT DIRECTION IS THAT?!
Every time he speaks after a dismal performance after the match I always sit there saying to myself “What on Earth are you talking about”.
The media trying so hard to get ETH sacked…..when liverpool had bad injuries with VVD out, y’all didnt have the same energy
Most fans want ETH out because of his poor tactics and substitutions. I also felt he should be braver to drop non-performing players irrespective of names, and even play academy players if he has to.
Now I’m ETH in because I realise from Rooney’s and Ole’s recent interviews that the mentality of these players are incredibly low and it’s no longer just speculation that the players can’t cope on this stage.
I can understand ETH saying positive things and coming off as “crazy” but if you have players who are weak minded and aren’t willing to fight, you can’t be tough cos they’ll cave and where does that leave you for the rest of the season?! Jason Sancho case in point. I rather come across as insane to the media but hope that I’m lifting the team enough to get a string of performances to save my job and give the fans at least something to cheer about until I can have a summer clear out.
Keane is a freaking legend but that approach with these weak players will kill them and ETH would lose the dressing room.
This man keeps dropping off bombs on and off the field..A gift that keeps on giving..Most delulu man on this green earth
What a GIFT! Hand him a 15 years contract and 5 years add ons
The problem for Utd in recruiting an elite manager in the Summer is that Liverpool, Bayern and Barca will also be looking for new managers.
From the moment I heard “A new era begins. .” from ETH. I knew it was the joke of the century. He has the guts to say it while Klopp/Guardiola are competing against each other by 1 point in the Primer league he acted like he can compete with them ro
