RALF RANGNICK wants to stay on as Manchester United manager if he is successful at Old Trafford this season.
SunSport revealed last week that despite a contract being drawn up for just six-and-a-half months as manager and then two years as a consultant he had not given up on getting the job full time.
And Rangnick confirmed: “Right now I’m fully aware they might be looking for a new manager.
“If they will then speak with me about that we will see. Maybe if they ask my opinion and everything goes well and we develop the team I might even make the same recommendation to the board that I did at Leipzig twice when I recommended it might be a good idea to keep working with me for one year.
“But this is all hypothetical. For me now it’s about winning the next games and this is the major focus.”
The experienced German coach takes the reins from caretaker boss Michael Carrick who had an impressive three games in charge.
He booked United’s place in the next stage of the Champions League with a group game to spare after beating Villarreal away 2-0.
He then earned a 1-1 draw at league leaders Chelsea and a dramatic 3-2 home win over Arsenal on Wednesday as Rangnick watched from the stands.
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Carrick immediately quit the club but not before Rangnick had spent time trying to convince him to stay on.
He said: “I had a long private conversation with him for more than an hour. I was trying to convince him to stay on board but he had obviously taken that decision weeks ago that he needed a break and a rest after thirty years in professional football. In the end I had to accept that, in a way I can also understand his decision.
“The question about the coaching staff, I’m more than happy to work with the current coaching staff because I need their experience, I need their expertise regarding the current squad. I will obviously try to find one, two, maybe three people who can join us in the one or two weeks but due to the Brexit regulations it’s not too easy.
“Many of my former colleagues, no matter if it’s video analysts or assistant coaches are in long-term contracts with big clubs so they are not available right now and we have to be a bit smart and clever and find the right people. I hope that we can get them in here in the next one or two weeks, but I cannot tell you any names.”
Rangnick also revealed how Ole Gunnar Solskjaer spoke to him for 90 minutes before United’s game at Chelsea to give him an insight into the squad he had left behind after nearly three years in the job.
He said: “I spoke with Ole last Sunday before the Chelsea game for almost two hours he was very generous to spend one-and-a-half hours on the phone with me telling me his insight and details about the team.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
