Manchester United fans were left questioning their own players once again after seeing Ralf Rangnick’s Austria impress for the second time in a week as they drew with France on Friday night.
Ralf Rangnick and Manchester United's consultancy U-turn after Crystal Palace comments
30.05.2022 - 06:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Ralf Rangnick's comments after Manchester United lost at Crystal Palace pointed towards the German staying at Old Trafford for his consultancy role.
United announced on Sunday that Rangnick would be leaving the club before starting his consultancy role. The 63-year-old will take charge of the Austria national team on a full-time basis.
In a statement, the club said: "We would like to thank Ralf Rangnick for his efforts as interim manager over the past six months. By mutual agreement, Ralf will now focus solely on his new role as manager of the Austria national team and will not therefore be taking up a consultancy role at Old Trafford."
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However, this sudden turn of events is even more surprising considering Rangnick's comments after the defeat to Crystal Palace last weekend. Speaking about moving into the consultancy role, Rangnick detailed his chats with new boss Erik ten Hag about the consultancy role.
He said: "We've been in contact via WhatsApp and hopefully we will have the opportunity to meet and speak in person, either at the weekend or Monday morning at the latest. I'm looking forward to speaking to him in person and getting to know him in person."
He then added: "We spoke about that [his consultancy] in detail. About all the different areas where I could maybe be of help.
"It's not that easy or 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.
"I know Manchester United is not a selling club but rather a developing
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