Team manager Ralf Rangnick (63) brings former second division professionals Sascha Lense (46) and Chris Armas (49) to his staff at Manchester United. One preferred candidate, however, has canceled.
Lense becomes a sports psychologist with the Red Devils around superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (36), Arma’s assistant coach. Rangnick announced this on Tuesday. “In Germany , most clubs have a sports psychologist,” said Rangnick.
He had already worked with Lense during his time at RB Leipzig. “For me it’s absolutely logical. If you have special coaches for goalkeepers, strikers and fitness, you should also have an expert for the brain,” said Rangnick: “It’s not about sitting on a red sofa and holding hands . The brain should support the body and not work against it. “
Armas was last coach at Toronto FC and before that he was under contract with New York Red Bulls. Both the American and Lense are still waiting for their work permits.
Ralf Rangnick conjured this eleven full of top stars out of his hat-
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Whether goalkeeper, defender or striker … Ralf Rangnick has formed absolute world stars in every position in his career as a coach and sports director. SPOX shows you the biggest names that Rangnick produced.
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TOR – MANUEL NEUER: The Gelsenkirchen player went through all the youth teams of FC Schalke 04 until he was finally given the confidence of the then S04 coach Rangnick with a professional contract for the 2005/06 season.
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Rangnick himself left Schalke in December 2005, but Neuer developed continuously and was number two behind Frank Rost in the following season. After his departure he established himself as a regular goalkeeper … the rest is history.
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DEFENSE – JOSHUA KIMMICH: When Rangnick realized that in 2013 Kimmich in Stuttgart did not trust Kimmich to jump up immediately, he struck immediately. After a few weeks of starting up, Kimmich sat down …
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… with Leipzig’s professionals, played a major role in the promotion to the 2nd division and recommended himself for higher tasks. Guardiola surprisingly brought Kimmich to Bayern in 2015 for EUR 8.5 million, today he is one of the best midfielders in the world .
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DAYOT UPAMECANO: Although many top European clubs were already vying for the central defender back then, Upamecano decided to move from Salzburg to Leipzig at the beginning of 2017.
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At RB, the then 18-year-old saw the best prospects for further development at a high level. And that is what Upamecano undoubtedly did. After a few weeks of starting up he became a regular player, indispensable and very expensive for Bayern Munich.
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IBRAHIMA KONATE: In 2017, when he was only 18 years old, he left the second French league for free, the first season in Leipzig was an apprenticeship year for Konate. In 2018/19 he then worked out a regular position.
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Became one of the best central defenders in the Bundesliga . This did not go unnoticed by Liverpool, who finally brought Konate into the Premier League for 40 million euros.
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MITTELFELD – EMIL FORSBERG: At the age of 23, Forsberg was considered a great talent, which is why many experts were surprised about his move to the 2nd division in Germany in 2015.
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As you know, the transfer made a lot of sense. Forsberg has been one of the most important players at RB for years and has taken part in the development from an ambitious second division club to a regular Champions League guest.
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NABY KEITA: Rangnick had already brought the Guinea midfielder to Salzburg in 2014 from the then French second division club Istres. Two years later, Keita went to Leipzig until Liverpool again offered him 60 million euros in 2018.
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EMILE SMITH-ROWE: He is currently one of the most exciting talents in the Premier League and Rangnick also had a hand in his development. Smith-Rowe comes from the Arsenal Academy, but got his first league minutes at RBL.
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Rangnick brought the young Englishman to Saxony for the second half of the season in 2018/19, but it was only enough for a total of three appearances. Then he went back to London.
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SADIO MANE: One of the strongest strikers in recent years – even won the Champions League in 2019. Rangnick brought him to Salzburg from the second French division and had him deployed there. Mane did not go to Leipzig afterwards, …
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… but went straight to the Premier League for 15 million euros, where he should develop into a top striker at Southampton from 2014 to 2016. Today at Liverpool.
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ATTACK – TIMO WERNER: With Werner, Rangnick was able to bring THE German storm talent to Leipzig in 2016. At RB, he scored double digits in four years, and even 28 times in the 2019/20 season.
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Werner became a national player in Leipzig and played a major role in the fact that RB developed so quickly into a regular in the premier class. Eventually he went to London and won the pot with Chelsea straight away in the first year.
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ERLING HAALAND: As is well known, the Dortmund boy prodigy comes from the Red Bull talent factory in Salzburg. Of course, Ralf Rangnick got him back then – in 2019 for just eight million euros from Molde.
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Today Haaland is worth around 150 million euros, if you believe “transfermarkt.de” …
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ROBERTO FIRMINO: With all his successes with Liverpool, you forget that the Brazilian became such a strong player in the Bundesliga . Rangnick signed Firmino from the Brazilian top club Figueirense and guided him to Hoffenheim.
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Rangnick then went to Schalke, but without him Firmino might never have landed in the Bundesliga .
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And this is what the Rangnick Discoveries team would look like …
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Manchester United: Red-Bulls-Trainer Struber sagt ab
Rangnick would have gladly taken Gerhard Struber, coach of the New York Red Bulls, with him as an assistant – but the Austrian canceled. “It would be the wrong time to say goodbye now,” said Struber at Sky . “That is the decisive factor for me that I can experience the greatest impact and the greatest output in this role as head coach.”
Rangnick already knows Struber from his time in Salzburg. At that time Rangnick was working as a sports director, Struber coaching the offspring of the bulls. Although Struber was “considering”, “I also have a long-term contract in New York that I want to keep and an ambitious team where I can hope that we will take the next step.”
Champions League: The table of Group F before the 6th matchday
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team
Games
S
U
N
Tore
Diff.
Pts.
1 Manchester United 5 3 1 1 10:7 3 10
2
FC Villarreal
5
2
1
2
9:7
2
7
3
Atalanta Bergamo
5
1
3
1
10:10
0
6
4
Young Boys Bern
5
1
1
3
6:11
-5
4
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