Ralph Rangnick has yet to lead United to play the first game, but the British media has already established the image of the "godfather of German football" for him. However, the mighty English tabloids also exposed the new girlfriend brought by the 63-year-old German, who also accompanied Lannick at Old Trafford in midweek to watch Manchester United and Arsenal's Premier League match.
Rangnick's girlfriend, Flor, is Mexican, and in the director's box of the Theatre of Dreams, the new Manchester United manager sits with the club's director of football, John Murtaf, while Flo is in a row in front of him. But this strategy of separate seating cannot escape the gossipy British media.
It is reported that Rangnick and Flo have been together for a year, but rarely appear in public together. A source confirmed: "Ralph (Rangnick) knew that everyone's eyes would be on him, so he deliberately sat behind his girlfriend. But he loves Flo so much that he hopes she can share with her excitement of coaching the new club. They're a 'great team' on the sidelines and now Ralph needs to make United equally good on the pitch."
Although Rangnick is considered to have influenced the young generation of german managers such as Klopp, Tuchel and Nagelsmann, he also has another characteristic, which is easy to get into conflict with star players, referees and senior management, so like Mourinho, he usually has to leave after 3 years of a team.
In 2017, he divorced his wife Gabriela, and the two met at school at the age of 17, together for 40 years, with two sons, Kevin and David, who did not expect to end up breaking up. The news of their separation, which was concealed for a year before it was made public, was made public after Lennick insisted that there was no third party, that it was a friendly breakup, and that they even bought a villa in Mallorca, Spain, for the family to use.
Rangnick explained at the time: "Each of us should be given the opportunity to meet a new life and a new partner, Gabe and I have known each other for 42 years, when we met at school, she was only 15 years old, and I was 17 years old." 」
The British media joked that the vision of choosing a girlfriend may also show that Lannick's standards for picking people are good. Back on the pitch, United's new manager will have dinner with legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson to learn from the Godfather of the Red Devils who once beat him.
Although Rangnick believes that the three coaches who have the greatest influence on him are German coach Helmut Gross, Italian coach Sacchi and Eastern European godfather Lobanovsky, Sir Fuch has also taught Rangnick on the pitch as an opponent. In 2011, Manchester United, who coached Forju, beat Schalke 04 6-1 on aggregate.
Rangnick recalled: "We had a conversation after the second leg at Old Trafford and he invited me to his office. He certainly enjoyed wine more than I did because we didn't have a chance in that game. Vaughan is also missing four or five starting players, but it's already an achievement for us to beat Inter to reach the semi-finals. We beat Inter 5-2 away and 2-1 at home. That was the first time I had seen Furjue. In 2015, we met again at an awards ceremony hosted by Kicker magazine and had dinner together."
As for the time to meet with Fu Jue, Lannick also revealed that it was only in half a month: "In the next two weeks, I am very much looking forward to meeting him."