Is the end of Ronaldo at Manchester United near? Rangnick has been clear about him in the past

And it’s official. Ralf Rangnick is the new head coach of Manchester United. He will lead the team until the end of the season, and then he is to serve as a consultant for the next two years. This could be a problem for the club’s main star, as Cristiano Ronaldo is apparently not one of his favourites.

Ralf Rangnick has become the new coach of Manchester United. However, it’s only temporary. He will only coach until the end of the season, after which he will move to another role in charge of the team.

On the one hand, fans can rejoice as they could hardly have found a better man to build a successful club. On the other hand, it may mean a certain amount of pain. The German is uncompromising and is willing to sacrifice anyone in his quest for success.

In this case, the aforementioned pain could be caused by Cristiano Ronaldo. His summer return to Old Trafford caused a huge stir. He was expected to be the workhorse. At least in terms of shooting stats, he has fulfilled that, but he hasn’t had the impact on the team that was expected.

The Portuguese has been criticised in the media, his arrival, according to some British experts, has broken everything that coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was recently sacked, had built in the team.

When you have a player of that calibre in your team, you naturally try to adapt your playing system to him. At least that’s how a lot of coaches approach it. But that doesn’t include Rangnick, who is renowned for his precision, exactingness, uncompromising nature and great judgement on young talent.

He confirmed his reputation in the past when he was still at Leipzig. At that time, he was asked by the media whether he would like to bring Ronaldo or Lionel Messi into his team if he had the opportunity. But his response was clear: “Absolutely not. Firstly, we have a salary cap, secondly, they are too old.”

At the time, Ronaldo was still only 30, Messi only 28, and now they are 36 and 34. But apart from the fact that the 30-year-old Portuguese was already too old for Rangnick, he was also clear about his usefulness in his system.

“I have my own philosophy and none of these players would fit into it,” the German coach let himself be heard at the time.

It certainly can’t be said, then, that Rangnick was lying. Yes, he may not be able to take Ronaldo completely out of the game, but one thing is certain. The German demands that his teams challenge their opponents very hard, he demands that his team is constantly on the move. Neither star really meets that.

But it could be great news for young players like Jadon Sancho, Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford. They are the ones Rangnick might want to base Manchester United’s entire game on.

It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Source: Manchester United, Marca