{"id":1103953,"date":"2022-05-30T10:23:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T10:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/30\/austria-manager-ralf-rangnick-steps-away-from-man-utd-role\/"},"modified":"2022-05-30T10:23:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T10:23:20","slug":"austria-manager-ralf-rangnick-steps-away-from-man-utd-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/30\/austria-manager-ralf-rangnick-steps-away-from-man-utd-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Austria manager Ralf Rangnick steps away from Man Utd role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"365\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ralf-Rangnick-Manchester-United-696x365.jpg\"   alt=\"Ralf Rangnick\" title=\"Ralf Rangnick\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ralf Rangnick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchester United announced Sunday that Ralf Rangnick has decided against taking up a consultancy role with the English football giants due to the demands of his new job as Austria manager.<\/p>\n<p>The German took charge of United on a caretaker basis for the last six months of the recently concluded 2021\/22 season after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked in November.<\/p>\n<p>Rangnick led the club to a sixth-placed finish in England\u2019s top-flight with 58 points, their lowest total in the Premier League era, as they just did enough to qualify for the second-tier Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>The 63-year-old had been expected to stay at Old Trafford for the next two years in a consultancy post, but last month he was appointed as the new manager of Austria and it appears holding the two jobs at once is no longer a viable option.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to thank Ralf Rangnick for his efforts as interim manager over the past six months,\u201d said a United statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to wish Ralf the best of luck in this next chapter of his career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only nine days ago, Rangnick told the media he had been in contact with new United manager Erik ten Hag about \u201call the different areas where I could maybe of help\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But Ten Hag said Rangnick\u2019s consultancy post \u201cis on the club\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>United lost in the fourth round of the FA Cup to Middlesbrough and were knocked out of the Champions League in the last 16 by Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Under Rangnick, they also failed to qualify for next season\u2019s edition of the Champions League, European football\u2019s premier club competition.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"M-zDXCWtjqo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ahosepe Xtra with Black I on Adom TV (28-5-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M-zDXCWtjqo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ralf Rangnick Manchester United announced Sunday that Ralf Rangnick has decided against taking up a consultancy role with the English football giants due to the demands of his new job as Austria manager. 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