Erik ten Hag may force Ralf Rangnick out of Man United after latest news – pundit
Erik ten Hag may try and force Ralf Rangnick out of Man United, according to Gabby Agbonlahor.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the ex-Aston Villa and England attacker claimed it does not make sense for Rangnick to stay at Old Trafford and Ten Hag will want to see the back of him.
The 64-year-old admitted to the BBC after his final match in interim charge against Crystal Palace on Sunday (22 May) that he did not know Ten Hag would be at Selhurst Park.
As quoted by the Athletic at his first press conference on Monday (23 May) the incoming manager, 52, claimed his predecessor’s new role is for the club to decide.
Rangnick took over as manager at the end of November with an agreement that he will take on a consultancy role at the end of the season.
He also confirmed last month (29 April) as the new Austria manager.
“Ten Hag will want Rangnick to just go,” Agbonlahor told Football Insider correspondent Connor Whitley.
“If I was Ten Hag I would tell Rangnick to go and say ‘I’ll do this myself. You’ve done nothing since you’ve come in, I want to start fresh with my own staff’. I don’t think he needs Rangnick there at all.
“It doesn’t make sense for him to still be there anyway with him taking the Austria job. He should be gone.”
Rangnick ended his spell in interim charge with a win rate of just 37.9 per cent.
Ten Hag has signed a contract at Old Trafford until the summer of 2025 with an option for a further 12 months.
In other news, Scott McTominay’s Man United days are numbered after a Sky update.