Ralf Rangnick, manager of Manchester United, carried out an exercise in realism today by putting his team’s goal in fourth place in the Premier League. “It’s the highest we can go,” said the German coach.
United are fifth in the Premier League table, one point less than West Ham and one more than Arsenal and Wolverhamtpon, who have two and one game less than the ‘red devils’, respectively. Instead, West Ham has one more match. Chelsea, third, takes 7 points to United with the same games played.
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“Right now what United want and need is to finish fourth in the league. It’s as high as we can go. That’s our aim,” United’s caretaker manager said before meeting Brighton & Hove Albion on Tuesday.
He doesn’t talk about the future
“After being here eleven weeks, I know what is needed for the next season, but it is not the time to talk about it right now. My concentration is on tomorrow and then on the next game. I have to be focused on the squad we have, to get the best out of them this season and then it’s time to think about what we need for the future,” Rangnick continued.
United comes from not winning in three straight games, in which they were always ahead on the scoreboard. “The situation is very clear, in eleven of the thirteen games we have played we have scored the first goal and we have not won all those games. In the last three games it has cost us four points in the Premier (1-1 against Burnley and Southampton) and being eliminated in the FA Cup (on penalties against Middlesbrough). It is obvious that the players do things well, now we have to understand what we do well and sustain it over time to see the next steps to take, “argued Rangnick.
He was able to sign Sancho for Leipzig at the age of 17
About Jadon Sancho, who cost United 100 million this summer, Rangnick commented that he tried to sign him at the age of 17 for RB Leipzig, but that he went to Borussia Dortmund, where “he became one of the best wingers in the world. Dar the move to United is a big one for a 21-year-old. It takes time to adapt.”