Ralf Rangnick to blame for Man United player issues after what Sir Alex Ferguson told me – expert
Alex McLeish has suggested Ralf Rangnick’s constant chopping and changing may be to blame for the inconsistent form at Manchester United.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the former Scotland boss suggested regular changes to the starting XI have led to a lack of “rhythm” for the players.
Rangnick made six changes to his XI from the 1-1 draw with Leicester for the 1-0 defeat to Everton last weekend.
Meanwhile, he swapped out four players from the side who beat Tottenham 3-2 in his line-up against the Foxes.
McLeish insisted Rangnick’s constant changes would be having a detrimental impact.
He revealed Sir Alex Ferguson warned him about the impact of tinkering with the starting XI too often.
McLeish told Football Insider’s Russell Edge: “For Man United’s players, it seems they’ve not got a rhythm. There are different players playing every week.
“Sir Alex Ferguson used to say to me if you’re changing the team every week, that’s when the crowd start to sing: ‘You don’t know what you’re doing.’
“You’ve got to be very careful not to keep making changes. I see a lot of changes in Man United’s teams every other week. I don’t see a consistency of an XI or a nucleus of seven or eight players you can’t leave out.
“That is in no small way down to the quality of the individuals. If you compare Man United’s individuals to Man City’s or Liverpool’s individuals, then they seem a long, long away.”
Manchester United currently sit seventh in the Premier League.
They are six points off the top four with seven games left to play.
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