Rangnick remains an agent at Manchester United
Rangnick also wants to continue working as a consultant for United as national coach. “I will definitely remain in my advisory role. That would leave room for another job,” said the former Bundesliga coach on Thursday evening after the 1-1 draw in the Premier League against Chelsea. Erik ten Hag (previously Ajax Amsterdam) from the Netherlands will become team manager of the Red Devils after the last matchday on May 22nd.
Only a little time until the first game
Rangnick doesn’t have much time until his first game as national coach. On June 3rd Austria will play against Croatia in the Nations League in Osijek. Three days later there will be the first home game under Rangnick’s management, opponents in Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium will be Denmark. Rangnick could also meet Yussuf Poulsen, whom he once brought to RB Leipzig as sports director. In his own squad, he knows Marcel Sabitzer (now FC Bayern) very well from their time together at RB.
Hard test against France
Another home game and more than just a real endurance test is for Rangnick on June 10th, again in Vienna the opponent is world champion France.
Since the beginning of the month there has been speculation that Rangnick will be Austria’s national coach. However, an alleged meeting had been denied by the association a few weeks ago.
Sobering record in England
Rangnick was also under discussion as national coach after Joachim Löw’s farewell announcement last year. He had made a name for himself as a coach and doer at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig.
In December 2021 he took over as interim coach at Manchester United, having previously worked as sports director at Lok Moscow. In the 25 games with Manchester so far, however, Rangnick has only won ten games, eight games ended in a draw and seven were lost. The team around superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is sixth in the table.