Why wasn’t Manchester United’s signing of Ralf Rangnick a waste of time despite the sporting setback?

Ralf Rangnick has accepted an offer from the Austrian national team, which he will take over after this season. However, he won’t completely quit at Manchester United as he will stay on as a consultant. The German coach did not achieve sporting success, but the club will certainly benefit from his time on the bench in the future!

Rangnick, who will celebrate his 64th birthday in exactly two months, took over Manchester United last November when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made an unsuccessful start to the season.

At the time, the club’s owners were certainly already clear about the later news regarding the change in management and also on the bench. And it was the German coach who fitted perfectly into their new plans, as the Red Devils will benefit greatly from his roughly six months on the bench in the future.

Rangnick, thanks to this tenure at Old Trafford, has had the opportunity to become thoroughly familiar with the background of the club and especially the playing squad that he will help rebuild from the summer onwards for new arrival Erik ten Hag.

It is this hugely experienced coach and manager in one person who is perhaps the most qualified person for the job, having had a great deal of experience at the many clubs he has helped upwards. In particular, his last great achievement was the development of the Red Bull football project.

Despite the fact that it is once again a dead season for Manchester United fans, which everyone is just finishing and there is nothing to fight for, which some of the players admitted after the loss to Liverpool, it was not a waste of time.

The latest news gives all these red-believers great hope that the mindless trust in who will be successful at the beginning of a few games or in the old exhausted coaches is over. Ten Hag promises a whole new era that has the vision and potential to be successful, at least that’s what all fans hope. Unfortunately, after years of failure, there is nothing else left.

So what will Rangnick do for Manchester United after the season?

He will simply be the link between potential signings and the club. He will be involved with Manchester United’s management in the transfer plans, he should not only identify the right ones for the team, but also interview them and convince them to move to Old Trafford, despite the fact that they won’t play Champions League next season.

At least this information was provided by the German coach, who has only celebrated 10 wins in 26 games at the Red Devils, in an interview with Sky Sports.

In earlier times, Alex Ferguson used to run most of the transfer affairs at Old Trafford, only that he decided to retire and the club was stuck in problems after his glorious era, which the management, especially of course Ed Woodward, didn’t know how to deal with for many years.

Rangnick’s future role is such a huge plus and even more so when he has had a few months to get to know the club from the most important role.

Source: Sky Sports, Manchester United