Former Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick sent a warning to Erik ten Hag about the need to change the attitude in the Old Trafford dressing room when he first agreed to join the club.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rangnick took temporary control of the team for the second half of the 2021\/22 season and was involved in the decision to hire Ten Hag. The German had been expected to remain with United on a consultancy basis but ultimately ended his agreement with the club once Ten Hag arrived.<\/p>\n In April 2022, after Ten Hag had agreed to join\u00a0United, the outspoken Rangnick sent a clear warning to both the new boss and everyone involved with the club about the need for serious change among the playing staff.<\/p>\n \u201cHe will hopefully have the chance to mould a new team together with the scouting department and together with the board, which is necessary,\u201d Rangnick said. \u201cAnd for me, the most vital part is the club manages to get in the right and best possible players, change the attitude and also the energy \u2013 I think we need positive energy for the new team. And this is also important for the new manager.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not just the manager\u2019s quality. It\u2019s about changing all the other things that have brought the club into position as we are in right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Ten Hag is under immense pressure \/ James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/GettyImages<\/p>\n Rangnick went on to throw his support behind Ten Hag with a blunt warning that United would need \u201copen heart surgery\u201d to get back to their best.<\/p>\n \u201cErik is a good choice \u2013 a very good choice,\u201d Rangnick stressed. \u201cHe has shown that in the past. I\u2019m pretty convinced that he\u2019s the best possible coach that you can get right now. As I said earlier on, one of the very few good things is that it\u2019s crystal clear \u2013 you don\u2019t even need glasses to analyse and to see where the problems are here.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not enough to do little minor amendments and little issues here and there some minor cosmetic things. No, in medicine, you would see this as an operation at the open heart. So there are more things to be changed than some little things here and some minor things there. If this happens and if everybody has realised that this has to happen, and if people want to work together, then it makes sense.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not something that only one single person as a manager can do. I mean, with all respect to [Jurgen] Klopp and Pep [Guardiola], I\u2019m sure that they didn\u2019t do all the things themselves. There were also other people involved in those two clubs, top people in certain positions, no matter in which area it was, in order to rebuild. To build how we want here you have to have top people and they have to work together in a very close and in a very reliable way.\u201d<\/p>\n Ten Hag is facing accusations that a large number of players in the United dressing room have grown disenchanted with his methods, with the Dutchman becoming the latest in a long line of managers to find themselves in similar headlines since Sir Alex Ferguson\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n As a result,\u00a0several media outlets were banned\u00a0from United\u2019s press conference ahead of the Premier League clash with Chelsea, claiming the action taken was \u201cnot for publishing stories we don\u2019t like, but for doing so without contacting us first to give us the opportunity to comment, challenge or contextualise.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n![\"Erik](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/01hgx7qdfpr5w2vnzkt9.jpg\" "\\"Erik")
<\/figure>\n
\n