England | The Austrian Federation denies having contacted Rangnick

Ralf Rangnick was the first stone laid by the directors of the Red Devils to try to build the new Manchester United. The former sports director of Lokomotiv Moscow arrived at Old Trafford in December 2021 to relieve, until the end of the year and as interim coach, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on the bench of the Mancunian team and, once the season was over, the German would be in charge of the sports management of Manchester United, with whom he signed a contract until 2024. At the moment, the Red Devils they are immersed in the search for a new coach for next seasonwith several big names on the target list.

Although it seemed that at Old Trafford they should not be neglected, since a surprise offer announced from Austria could cause Manchester United to arrive in the summer market in search of a manager… and a new sporting director, the Austrian Federation itself has quickly denied this information. the austrian newspaper kurier claimed that Peter Schöttel, president of the Austrian Football Association, traveled to Manchester to meet Ralf Rangnick. “And not only to receive advice from the Manchester United manager, but to negotiate with the 63-year-old man,” adds this outlet. However, from England they report that “The Austrian Football Association has denied having contacted Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick over his vacant managerial position.”.

And it is that, initially, the Austrian team, led by David Alaba and who was left out of the play-off of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after falling to Gareth Bale’s Wales (2-1), would have set his sights on the current manager of Manchester United, and future sporting director of the mancunianos, to relieve Franco Foda in the position of coach. Under the command of the also German coach, who arrived at the Austrian national team in 2017, Austria was eliminated from the last European Championship by Italy in the round of 16. kurier It also reported that the executive committee would meet next Friday.

First the coach

Waiting for what may finally happen with Ralf Rangnick and his continuity at Manchester United, the main objective of the Mancunians continues to be, in addition to qualifying for the Champions League next season, closing the hiring of a new coach for the bench at Old Trafford. From the British Isles they are already talking about the announcement of Erik Ten Hag, still Ajax coach, as “a matter of time”. And it is that the Dutch coach is the favourite, ahead of Mauricio Pochettino, and that he could be announced by the Red Devils In the next weeks.