Futebol Futebol – Premier League – Manchester United x Wolverhampton Wanderers – Old Trafford, Manchester, Grã-Bretanha – 3 de janeiro de 2022 O técnico interino do Manchester United, Ralf Rangnick, após o jogo REUTERS / Phil Noble
4 de janeiro de 2022
Por Simon Evans
MANCHESTER, Inglaterra (Reuters) – Apesar de suas frustrações, os torcedores do Manchester United nunca vaiaram os dirigentes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ou Jose Mourinho – mas na segunda-feira Ralf Rangnick ouviu o descontentamento total da torcida de Old Trafford.
A decisão do alemão de substituir Mason Greenwood na hora provocou vaias dos torcedores, que viram o jovem atacante proporcionar alguns momentos de qualidade naquela que tinha sido outra exibição enfadonha do United.
Foi uma crítica vocal a uma decisão específica, mas também refletiu preocupações mais amplas de que, depois de melhores desempenhos após a demissão de Solskjaer em novembro, a qualidade das exibições do United tenha diminuído com o técnico interino.
Esse sentimento só se intensificou depois que o Wolves venceu o jogo por 1 a 0 em sua primeira vitória em Old Trafford em 40 anos.
Em muitos aspectos, é uma situação absurda – afinal, Rangnick está no comando há apenas cinco jogos do campeonato e esta foi sua primeira derrota.
Mas, com exceção da meia hora de abertura de seu jogo de estreia contra o Crystal Palace, há poucos sinais da alta energia e pressão do futebol pelo qual Rangnick foi anunciado durante sua passagem pela Bundesliga.
Contra o Wolves o time parecia taticamente confuso, sem rumo e jogou com pouco ânimo – como reconheceu o lateral Luke Shaw após a partida. [L1N2TJ1XH}
The club had also expected a degree of continuity when they appointed Rangnick with the hope that he could develop the younger coaches that assisted Solskjaer.
CONSULTANT ROLE
But former player Michael Carrick, who had been caretaker manager, quit on the day the German took charge and then first-team coach Kieran McKenna left to take charge of third-tier Ipswich Town, taking along United colleague Martyn Pert as his assistant.
Rangnick, who brought in American former New York Red Bulls coach Chris Armas to assist him, has been placed in charge of the team until the end of this season but he also has a longer-term role as a consultant and will be involved in deciding who the next manager should be.
Although he cheekily suggested at his first press conference that he might end up recommending himself, it is his experience as a director of football, creating the right training ground and performance related structures that was the main attraction to the club.
The danger is that if Rangnick’s time on the bench sours his relationship with the fans and damages his broader reputation in the game, it may undermine his eventual broader role and the search for his replacement.
What the failures of Mourinho and Solskjaer and Rangnick’s early difficulties highlight is that the United squad needs over-hauling, with better and fresher talent brought in and some of the older or sub-standard players moved on.
The club’s recruitment though has been heavily criticised for a series of expensive flops and missed opportunities and that area is surely in need of Rangnick’s attention with a smarter and more streamlined approach introduced.
The real danger for United is that if the deeper problems with the squad, recruitment and the club’s structure in general, are not resolved then the next manager will simply have to deal with the same issues that have dogged the last three.
Will the likes of Paris St Germain’s Mauricio Pochettino and Ajax’s Erik ten Hag, reported to be favourites for the role, want to risk repeating the same frustrations that faced Solskjaer, Mourinho and before him Dutchman Louis van Gaal?
After all, what message did it send that a highly-rated young coach like McKenna would choose to leave such a storied club to try his luck in the third tier?
The England manager role used to be described as ‘the impossible job’ because the extraordinary expectations could not be met by the objective realities facing a coach.
Given the club’s vast resources, making Manchester United a true title contender again, in the face of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea, is not in itself an unachievable task.
But it may continue to be frustratingly out of reach, unless the root causes of failure are addressed.
(Reporting by Simon Evans, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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Futebol Futebol – Premier League – Manchester United x Wolverhampton Wanderers – Old Trafford, Manchester, Grã-Bretanha – 3 de janeiro de 2022 O técnico interino do Manchester United, Ralf Rangnick, após o jogo REUTERS / Phil Noble
4 de janeiro de 2022
Por Simon Evans
MANCHESTER, Inglaterra (Reuters) – Apesar de suas frustrações, os torcedores do Manchester United nunca vaiaram os dirigentes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ou Jose Mourinho – mas na segunda-feira Ralf Rangnick ouviu o descontentamento total da torcida de Old Trafford.
A decisão do alemão de substituir Mason Greenwood na hora provocou vaias dos torcedores, que viram o jovem atacante proporcionar alguns momentos de qualidade naquela que tinha sido outra exibição enfadonha do United.
Foi uma crítica vocal a uma decisão específica, mas também refletiu preocupações mais amplas de que, depois de melhores desempenhos após a demissão de Solskjaer em novembro, a qualidade das exibições do United tenha diminuído com o técnico interino.
Esse sentimento só se intensificou depois que o Wolves venceu o jogo por 1 a 0 em sua primeira vitória em Old Trafford em 40 anos.
Em muitos aspectos, é uma situação absurda – afinal, Rangnick está no comando há apenas cinco jogos do campeonato e esta foi sua primeira derrota.
Mas, com exceção da meia hora de abertura de seu jogo de estreia contra o Crystal Palace, há poucos sinais da alta energia e pressão do futebol pelo qual Rangnick foi anunciado durante sua passagem pela Bundesliga.
Contra o Wolves o time parecia taticamente confuso, sem rumo e jogou com pouco ânimo – como reconheceu o lateral Luke Shaw após a partida. [L1N2TJ1XH}
The club had also expected a degree of continuity when they appointed Rangnick with the hope that he could develop the younger coaches that assisted Solskjaer.
CONSULTANT ROLE
But former player Michael Carrick, who had been caretaker manager, quit on the day the German took charge and then first-team coach Kieran McKenna left to take charge of third-tier Ipswich Town, taking along United colleague Martyn Pert as his assistant.
Rangnick, who brought in American former New York Red Bulls coach Chris Armas to assist him, has been placed in charge of the team until the end of this season but he also has a longer-term role as a consultant and will be involved in deciding who the next manager should be.
Although he cheekily suggested at his first press conference that he might end up recommending himself, it is his experience as a director of football, creating the right training ground and performance related structures that was the main attraction to the club.
The danger is that if Rangnick’s time on the bench sours his relationship with the fans and damages his broader reputation in the game, it may undermine his eventual broader role and the search for his replacement.
What the failures of Mourinho and Solskjaer and Rangnick’s early difficulties highlight is that the United squad needs over-hauling, with better and fresher talent brought in and some of the older or sub-standard players moved on.
The club’s recruitment though has been heavily criticised for a series of expensive flops and missed opportunities and that area is surely in need of Rangnick’s attention with a smarter and more streamlined approach introduced.
The real danger for United is that if the deeper problems with the squad, recruitment and the club’s structure in general, are not resolved then the next manager will simply have to deal with the same issues that have dogged the last three.
Will the likes of Paris St Germain’s Mauricio Pochettino and Ajax’s Erik ten Hag, reported to be favourites for the role, want to risk repeating the same frustrations that faced Solskjaer, Mourinho and before him Dutchman Louis van Gaal?
After all, what message did it send that a highly-rated young coach like McKenna would choose to leave such a storied club to try his luck in the third tier?
The England manager role used to be described as ‘the impossible job’ because the extraordinary expectations could not be met by the objective realities facing a coach.
Given the club’s vast resources, making Manchester United a true title contender again, in the face of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea, is not in itself an unachievable task.
But it may continue to be frustratingly out of reach, unless the root causes of failure are addressed.
(Reporting by Simon Evans, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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