Man Utd’s Ralf Rangnick revival fails to materialise

Should the ‘godfather of gegenpress’ be worried?

Manchester United interim head coach Ralf Rangnick
Manchester United interim head coach Ralf Rangnick
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When Ralf Rangnick arrived at Manchester United in November, he was “meant to be an upgrade” on Ole Gunnar Solskjær, said Josh Wright in The Guardian. The club’s previous boss had been “questioned and mocked throughout his time in charge”, in part because of his inexperience as a top-level manager. No one, by contrast, could accuse the “godfather of gegenpress” – as the 63-year-old Rangnick is known – of being a lightweight. “Big things were expected.”

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