Ralf Rangnick has known Julian Nagelsmann for years.
Apparently he can imagine a job for the former Bayern coach in England.
Munich – Julian Nagelsmann was released from his duties at Bayern Munich at the end of March.
Since then, the 35-year-old football coach has been available on the market again, and English clubs in particular are said to be eyeing the Landsberger.
Ralf Rangnick is someone who knows both Nagelsmann and England.
The former leader of the Red Bull football empire recently recommended a job with a Premier League team to the former Leipzig head coach.
Julian Nagelsman | |
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Born: | July 23, 1987 in Landsberg am Lech |
License: | UEFA Pro License |
Professional stations: | TSG Hoffenheim, RB Leipzig, FC Bayern |
Biggest success: | German Champion 2021/22 |
Rangnick on possible Nagelsmann job: "Tottenham an exciting club"
After his release in Munich, Nagelsmann was already associated with two top clubs from London, both Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are said to have expressed their interest.
Having recently secured the services of Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino, Chelsea have now lost that option.
Ralf Rangnick, who was interim coach at Manchester United from December 2021 to May 2022, promoted Tottenham to Sky.
The 64-year-old, who is currently responsible for the Austrian national team, commented extensively on Sky.
"I think Tottenham is an exciting club in more ways than one," confirmed the Swabian.
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Ralf Rangnick (l.) Knows Julian Nagelsmann very well from their times together in Leipzig.
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Rangnick promotes Tottenham: "Have the most modern, most beautiful stadium"
"They probably have one of the most modern, most beautiful stadiums in the world at the moment.
They have one of the best training centers there is at the moment and Daniel Levy, who has been running the club for many, many years," explained the long-time Bundesliga coach.
Levi is "not a big spender", but knows the football business and operates more in the background.
After the separation from Antonio Conte, Tottenham are still looking for a coach for the coming season, the team is currently being looked after by former assistant coach Ryan Mason.
However, Rangnick sees a deficit in the current seventh place in the English league, because the north Londoners are currently without a sports director.
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Ralf Rangnick sees a shortcoming: "If Tottenham really want him..."
At the end of March, Fabio Paratici was sacked in the face of his 30-month ban for his involvement in the accounting fraud scandal.
"If Tottenham
really want him (Nagelsmann, note), then I think it would be important if a sports director were still there to support him," said Rangnick, who hired Nagelsmann as head coach in 2019 as the person responsible for RB
Leipzig
had.
That notwithstanding, Julian Nagelsmann's appointment at Tottenham could, according to Rangnick, "be a very, very exciting story".
The expert sees “a lot of room for improvement” at Spurs, but it is “not a club where the house expects you to end up in the top one, two or three right away”.
Maybe exactly what the ambitious ex-Bayern coach needs now.
(ajr)
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