Gary Neville doubts that Ralf Rangnick can effectively be Austria manager and a consultant for Man Utd at the same time.
It was confirmed on Friday that Rangnick will become the new Austria boss at the end of the season with the Man Utd interim boss outlining his intention to continue at Old Trafford as a consultant.
But Neville admitted on his Sky Sports podcast that he doesn’t like the idea of Rangnick splitting his time between the two jobs.
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Reacting to the news that Rangnick was set to become the new Austria boss, Neville said: “Manchester United’s Sporting Director or consultant can he really be going looking at Austrian players, week in, week out? And then selecting them for the national team?
“The Austrian national team has pride, great country and some great players so he’ll have to watch players all week then he’s going to go and coach them for two weeks in September, October, November and March. So you’re saying to yourself what’s happening with the Manchester United consultancy advice?
“Where is the priority? There’s a conflict there.”
The former Man Utd defender added: “I don’t see that. I don’t see how that can work, you’re a national team manager and I’ve worked under a national team manager, that national team manager has got to present week in, week out, Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday and he can’t be here at Old Trafford every week watching an Austrian player play.
“I can’t see how that’s going to work, if it’s something that’s true. Maybe (it’s a compromise) but it’s messy, Manchester United can’t afford at this moment to have distractions, can’t afford at this moment in time to have a poor communications plan around the idea that Ralf Rangnick’s our football consultant but he’s seen watching German football three times a month then going coaching the Austrian team two times a…
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