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Ralf Rangnick says he has no regrets about taking Man United job despite struggles

Ralf Rangnick says he has no regrets about taking Man United job despite struggles

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Rob DawsonCorrespondent

Ralf Rangnick says he has “no regrets” about taking the Manchester United manager’s job. The German heads into Saturday’s Premier League clash with Norwich at Old Trafford having won just three of his last 12 games in charge.

It has left United facing the prospect of missing out on a place in next season’s Champions League but Rangnick insists he does think taking the job was a mistake.

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“No, no regrets whatsoever,” he told a news conference on Friday.

“I would do it over and over again. I don’t regret that at all as a manager. You always have to question and ask yourself what you could have done better, if I could have played with a different formation in certain games, if a substitution could have been done earlier.

“This is what always happens, we always question ourselves, what we could have done better.

“I think we are all aware it’s not an easy squad, the whole situation was not easy or I would not be sitting here and Ole would probably still be here. Again, I think we have shown in the past couple of months we were able to raise the level but not in the same sustainable way that I would have wished. That’s the reason I’m not happy at all with what we’ve done and achieved so far.”

Rangnick is set to be replaced by Erik ten Hag at the end of the season.

He has already passed on his opinion of the squad to the board ahead of the arrival of the next permanent boss and suggested one or two of his players have struggled with the level of expectation at Old Trafford.

Interim Manager Ralf Rangnick of Manchester United speaks during a press conference at Carrington Training Ground on April 15, 2022. Getty Images

“It might be with one or two or three of our players,” said Rangnick.

“It seems to be like that, that the level of…

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