News about Ralf Rangnick

Roberto De Zerbi will leave Brighton at the end of the season, the club have confirmed.

Compiling a list of Jurgen Klopp's 10 best games would be easy and even if you were not a Liverpool fan, you could name them.  But how about his most significant games? This is something a little different and the inclusions in this list, which runs chronologically, may surprise. DOMINIC KING had a ringside seat for the journey Klopp took Liverpool on, going home and away for eight years and seeing the impact of results had on the evolution of the squad and the club. 

Bayern were willing to pay roughly £15.5m but this was snubbed by the club's owner, despite the manager being keen on jetting off. The Bundesliga giants are seeking a replacement for Thomas Tuchel, who is due to depart at the end of the season, as announced in February. Their pursuit of a new manager has seen a deluge of rejection, seeing them snubbed by Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann, and Ralf Rangnick.

Bayern's director of sport, Max Eberl, held talks with Ten Hag but he is no longer in the running to replace Thomas Tuchel, according to German newspaper Bild. Tuchel is set to leave the Allianz Arena at the end of the season as announced in February and is, incidentally, reportedly on United's list of contenders to succeed Ten Hag. Bayern have already been spurned by their first three preferences for the role - Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann, and Ralf Rangnick. All three occupy managerial jobs: Bayer Leverkusen, Germany, and Austria respectively.

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag is reportedly on Bayern Munich's shortlist to replace Thomas Tuchel. This comes after the Bundesliga giants had been turned down by former United boss Ralf Rangnick, who committed his future to the Austria national team.

The Champions League semi-finalists have been on the hunt for a new boss since it was announced that Tuchel (right) would depart at the end of the season, but are having little luck in their search. The German side opted to move on from Tuchel in January amid their struggles in the Bundesliga, with the club conceding the title for the first time in 12 years. Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen have taken the crown. They may turn to the Premier League to answer their problems.

A Premier League manager is now the 2/1 favourite with Sky Bet to succeed Thomas Tuchel as Bayern Munich boss after previous favourite Ralf Rangnick turned down a chance to join the German giants. Despite holding lengthy talks with Bayern in recent weeks, Rangnick has decided to commit his future to the Austria national team. Rangnick would have had to leave his post early as Austria manager had he taken Bayern's offer - however - the 65-year-old reportedly intends to see out his contract until it expires in 2026 and will lead them into Euro 2024.

Ralf Rangnick has reportedly rejected the chance to replace Thomas Tuchel as Bayern Munich manager in the summer. Bayern had been discussing a deal with Rangnick which would involve him leaving the Austria post early. However, Rangnick intends to see out his contract with Austria until its expiry in 2026 and will lead them to Euro 2024 this summer, as per BILD. Rangnick was already their third choice to replace Tuchel after Xabi Alonso of Bayern Leverkusen and Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann - who used to manage Bayern - turned them down.

Tuchel (left) is due to leave in the summer and they are reportedly in talks with Ralf Rangnick to replace him, but more than 17,000 fans have signed a petition demanding that he stay. The turmoil between Tuchel and Hoeness does the club no good heading into Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first-leg with Real Madrid.

The former Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain manager (left) was handed his marching orders at the end of February after overseeing a turbulent 10 months with the serial champions. The club were unable to claim their 12th consecutive Bundesliga title in the face of Xabi Alonso's ascendant Bayer Leverkusen side, and had been knocked out of the German Cup with just the Champions League left to contest. Bayern were set to chase Alonso in a bid to appoint him as their new manager, but he has opted to stay at Leverkusen.

Bayern Munich executive Uli Hoeness has revealed the club will make a decision on their managerial future in the coming days. The Bavarian giants have endured a disappointing campaign under former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel this season, with the club's run of 11 consecutive Bundesliga titles coming to end at the hands of Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen. Alonso's extraordinary success in his first full season of senior management led to reports Bayern had earmarked the 42-year-old as their top target before he ultimately confirmed he would remain at the BayArena.

The brutal message that Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly sent to Ralf Rangnick during the latter's time as interim boss of Manchester United has been revealed. Ronaldo returned to Old Trafford in 2021 when United were managed by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but the Norwegian was dismissed in November that year, with Rangnick being placed in interim charge until the end of the season. United legend Ronaldo reportedly made a demand to Rangnick regarding his playing time. 

Bayern Munich fans have started a petition to force their club to renege on their decision to sack head coach Thomas Tuchel (pictured left). The former Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain manager was handed his marching orders at the end of February after overseeing a turbulent ten months with the serial champions. But in the wake of his dismissal, Bayern have been unable to nail down his successor - with Ralf Rangnick (pictured right) the latest name under consideration.

Ralf Rangnick has confirmed that he has been 'in contact with Bayern Munich' over a move to take over at the German club when Thomas Tuchel departs this summer.  The 65-year-old is set to manage Austria this summer at Euro 2024 and while he admitted that he will remain 'focused completely' on the international side, it appears the German coach is in the running to take over at the Bavarian club.    Bayern announced earlier this season that their current boss, Tuchel, would be leaving the club, amid an indifferent season that has seen the Bavarian outfit miss out on winning the Bundesliga for the first time in 11 years. 

Aston Villa have reportedly extended the contract of boss Unai Emery until 2027, amid interest from elsewhere. The Spaniard, 52, has had a stunning impact at Villa Park since joining from Villarreal in October 2022. After taking over a side who were just one point clear of the relegation zone, Emery guided them to a seventh place finish and qualification for the Europa Conference League. In fact, from his appointment to the end of last season, Villa picked up 49 points from 25 games, a record that was only bettered by Man City , Arsenal , Man United and Liverpool. In fact, from his appointment to the end of last season, Villa picked up 49 points from 25 games, a record that was only bettered by Man City , Arsenal , Man United and Liverpool.

Manchester United's penalty shootout FA Cup semi-final win over Coventry City brought more questions than answers - both in terms of Erik ten Hag and his players.  This has been a season riddled by mistakes on and off the pitch for United and with Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his Ineos team now assuming control of football operations, a summer shake-up feels inevitable.  United are looking to raise £100million through player sales and for some shown the door that will mean accepting a sizeable loss on their initial transfer outlay. Mail Sport runs through Manchester United's squad to work out who stays and who goes.

CHRIS WHEELER: Exactly two years ago, Ralf Rangnick said the Manchester United squad needed 'open heart surgery', and now more than ever it feels as though this soap opera of a club is stuck on a long hospital waiting list. Rangnick already knew he wouldn't be getting the job on a permanent basis when he said those words before a defeat at Arsenal in April 2022, so the wonderfully outspoken German - who regularly had United's communications department running for cover during his short stay in England - was free to take aim and fire. Rangnick could say the stuff that United managers can't usually disclose until they are long gone. Only recently, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, whose sacking led to Rangnick's arrival as interim boss, revealed that some of his players refused to captain the team, while others were asked to put their hands up at half-time of his last stand at Watford 'if they didn't want to play'. This is Manchester United, for goodness sake.

PETER JENSON: It's Xavi's last stand on Sunday - his final El Clasico in charge of Barcelona. And things can go one of only two ways as his side travel to the Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid go into Sunday's game having had a day's less recovery time after 120 minutes of defending against Manchester City. They still have difficult away games at Real Sociedad and Villarreal, plus the distraction of the Champions League semi-finals.

Donny van de Beek is expected to return to Manchester United later this summer with Eintracht Frankfurt reportedly unwilling to trigger an option to buy clause in his contract.  It had been widely accepted that the 26-year-old, who joined Man United for £40million in 2020, needed to go out on loan to play first-team football, with the midfielder playing just 21 minutes from the bench at the start of the 2023-24 season.  The Dutch international joined Frankfurt on loan in January. His deal included an option to buy clause that allowed the German club to make his stay permanent for a fee of £9.5m plus an add-on fee of £2.6m  

When Manchester United's pants fell at Brentford last season, Erik ten Hag ordered his players into training the next day and sent them on a suspension run to make up for their lack of effort. If only it was that simple this time. Ten Hag was new then. It was his second game as boss, and losing 4-0 felt like nothing less than a tense wake-up call. The Dutchman was the first step of a shambolic dressing-room left behind by his predecessor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and uncovered by interim boss Ralf Rangnick.

The latest international break may be over, but the narratives and discussions surrounding various national teams are only likely to rise in the run-up to Euro 2024. The 24 teams that will be competing in Germany this summer have been confirmed at the conclusion of Tuesday's play-off finals. Among the bookies' favorites to win the tournament are France, England, Germany, and Portugal, which will begin in Munich on June 14th.

After the final three teams secured their spots in this summer's tournament in Germany via the play-offs tonight, we now have our complete lineup for Euro 2024. Wales' hopes came to an end when they lost on penalties in Cardiff, where Georgia also crashed out Greece thanks to spot-kicks, and Ukraine came from behind to defeat Iceland 2-1. England secured their position in a minimal fuss by winning their qualifying group, and is considered one of the favorites to bring an end to the 58-year wait for a major trophy.

In their friendly match against Slovakia on Saturday, Austria wasted no time in taking the lead. Former Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick led an Austrian side to great success at Slovakia's national stadium, beating Germany 2-0 in their last match. RB Leipzig forward Christoph Baumgartner received the ball from kick-off and immediately started racing up the pitch in a friendly to brace for the forthcoming European Championships.

IAN LADYMAN: One of the season's most dispiriting conversations was with a CEO of a Premier League club about FIFA's plans for a 32-team summer World Club Cup, which will be held in America in 2025. His argument was that it would be amazing to see the world's top clubs competing against each other competitively, but I countered by saying that they already did it every season in the Champions League. 'Meah, but people can't get enough of these games,' said the narrator.'