Former Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger claims to know a thing or two about our interim manager Ralf Rangnick.
I mean, of course he would as one of Germany’s most honourable players, but sadly he wasn’t such a hit at Old Trafford after he signed from Bayern Munich in 2015.
Schweinsteiger made 35 appearances over two years at United and it didn’t take long for us to realise he was well past his prime. It would have been better had United actually addressed their midfield problems rather than sign another club’s deadwood.
Now the Bayern Munich legend thinks Rangnick can work his magic at Old Trafford, insisting he is the right man to lead the club in the right direction.
“I actually know him quite well as a coach from Stuttgart and Schalke but especially when he was working as a coach for Red Bull Leipzig,” Schweinsteiger told the UTD Podcast.
“He was doing some great things like how he works, how he sees the game, how he sees the club. He really can help Man United with creating a new era, with not only the game on the field but also for the whole club.
“That’s what is needed at the moment and that’s why I think he is the right person.”
With United having another talented pool of young players coming through – the likes of Anthony Elanga, Hannibal Mejbri, James Garner, Ethan Laird etc – Schweinsteiger things Rangnick is the perfect man to develop their game.
He added: “I think it should be in a club more often the case that you have those youth players get into the first-team.
“What we had also in Munich, always the feeling that the players who were bought were more attractive. It should be the other way round, like it was at Barcelona.
“They had these players coming up from the youth [team], like [Sergio] Busquets, Xavi and all those players. They were appreciating and helping those players.
“The supporters have a better connection to those players who come out of the youth team. I think Ralf Rangnick has the eye for the youth players at United and that’s important.”
