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Ralf Rangnick: I saw Manchester United's issues two weeks in

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Ralf Rangnick (2021 to 2022) - Win rate: 37.9% in
Ralf Rangnick (2021 to 2022) - Win rate: 37.9% in 29 games
Sir Alex Ferguson (1986 to 2013) - Win rate: 59.7%
Sir Alex Ferguson (1986 to 2013) - Win rate: 59.7% in 1500 games
David Moyes (2013 to 2014) - Win rate: 52.9% in 51
David Moyes (2013 to 2014) - Win rate: 52.9% in 51 games
Ryan Giggs (2014) - Win rate: 50% in four games
Ryan Giggs (2014) - Win rate: 50% in four games
Louis van Gaal (2014 to 2016) - Win rate: 52.4% in
Louis van Gaal (2014 to 2016) - Win rate: 52.4% in 103 games
Jose Mourinho (2016 to 2018) - Win rate: 58.3% in
Jose Mourinho (2016 to 2018) - Win rate: 58.3% in 144 games
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (2018 to 2021) - Win rate: 54
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (2018 to 2021) - Win rate: 54.2% in 168 games
Michael Carrick (2021) - Win rate: 66.7% in three
Michael Carrick (2021) - Win rate: 66.7% in three games

Having had an underwhelming spell in charge of Manchester United, the club's former interim manager Ralf Rangnick has insisted it did not take him long to find out what the issues were at Old Trafford.

In November 2021, the 64-year-old replaced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the Red Devils' helm after the Norwegian was sacked following an embarrassing 4-1 defeat to minnows Watford.

Scroll through the gallery above to see the win percentage of each of United's previous managers, from Sir Alex Ferguson to Rangnick, according to 90Min

Rangnick was appointed on a six-month interim basis, with the promise of a consultancy role after his term was concluded at the end of the 2021/22 campaign.

Upon his arrival in the Premier League, the German boss had quite a promising reputation, with compatriots Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel having  some serious praise for the former RB Leipzig head coach.

However, things would not go as planned, with Rangnick failing to inspire any remarkable change as he helped the Red Devils to their worst-ever finish in the Premier League with 58 points.

The manager, who has since taken charge of the Austrian national team, has now suggested that he was not given a chance to fix United's inherited problems, which he says he identified quite early in his short tenure.

"It would not have taken Manchester United six months to do that [solve their problems]," Rangnick told Der Standard.

"After just two weeks it was clear to me where the problems were and what would have to be done to fix them – but the question is whether you have the option of changing these things."

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Despite having the option to move into the boardroom after his failed spell in United's dugout, the former Bundesliga coach decided he would no longer take up the consultancy role and work with new manager Erik ten Hag, but instead took over Austria on a full-time basis.

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