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inherit. And Rangnick has told them he won’t hold back after believing he’s been hung out to dry by a dressing room he has privately branded selfish, over-inflated, lacking quality and too powerful.
Senior sources inside Carrington say Rangnick has been staggered by the lack of professionalism among the first-team squad. And he’s claimed some players have blatantly IGNORED his instructions when he has given them a pattern of play to employ in certain games.
Rangnick has also told Murtough and Arnold many of the players physically cannot cope with high-energy opponents.
He’s also advised the hierarchy to ditch their habit of signing big names for a short-term fix. The highly-respected German even told staff he believes former star and Sky pundit Gary Neville is right in his assessment United are “broken”.
Rangnick’s murderous assessment will make bleak reading for Ten Hag.
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The former RB Leipzig boss doesn’t rate defenders Aaron Wan-bissaka, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones and is unsure about Victor Lindelof’s decisiveness and positioning.
He believes Harry Maguire has carried the can for a series of inept defensive displays by the team but feels the £80million investment is so substantial they can’t just write off the centre-back.
In midfield Rangnick has been shocked that United don’t have the energy and physicality needed in the modern game.
And he believes it’s an area that needs urgent attention, with at least two hardrunning, high-energy recruits needed, plus a playmaker.
In attack, Rangnick believes United have big problems despite Cristiano Ronaldo’s 20 goals this season. He’s told Murtough signing the likes of Edinson Cavani at the end of their careers is a sticking-plaster strategy with no future.
He is banking on Ten Hag getting more from Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho, but believes United need a main striker with loaned out Anthony Martial unlikely to be the answer.
Rangnick, who will move upstairs in a consultancy role this summer, is adamant United must address their problems now – or face more years in the wilderness.