Earlier, the Austrian Football Association officially announced that Ronnick, the current acting manager of Manchester United, will be the manager of the Austrian national team, and the two sides will sign a two-year contract. If Austria can qualify for Euro 2024, the contract will be automatically extended for 2 years until the 2026 World Cup. Meanwhile, Lonnick's contract as a consultant at Manchester United remains valid until 2024 and will not be terminated, and Lonnick will work for both Manchester United and Austria.
To be honest, the news made Manchester United fans feel a little sudden, but after the surprise, they will feel that this is actually a natural thing. As early as about a month ago, there were already British media reports on Ronnick's future consultant work, and it was said that Lonnick only needed to work 6 days a month. At that time, the unanimous reaction of the outside world after seeing this news was that Lonnick's job was also too easy, would it be a virtual job?
In fact, it was about a month ago that Manchester United's coaching change work has reached a very critical moment. At that time, Tenhag had become the first choice of the United executives, and the two sides had already met for two rounds. During the meeting, Tenhag explained to United his idea of rebuilding, including details such as clearing up redundancy, reinforcements and tactical play. During these 2 conversations, United executives endorsed Tenhag's plan and ultimately made the decision to hire Tenhag.
This was followed by the details of the contract and compensation for Ajax's termination payment, and when all the details were agreed, United officially announced that Tenhag would become the next official manager of Manchester United.
Not the previous number one hit Pochettino, but Tenhag, a decision made by the United hierarchy that actually determines the importance of Lonnick's future at United.
We know that Tenhag is also a manager who is good at building teams. After taking over the coaching whip of Ajax, he quickly built a team that dominated the Dutch League and led the team to the top 4 of the Champions League. After de Jong, De Ligt, van der Beek, Ziyech and a number of core players left the team, Tenghag quickly promoted and discovered another group of young players, ensuring the stability of the team's performance.
Therefore, after Tenghag takes office, he will build a new Red Devil according to his own ideas. Although Lonnick also has a belly plan, in an interview with the media to talk about replacing 10 players, how to do, but Tenghag is the one with a veto. No matter how much Ronnick talks in front of the media, no matter how ambitious he is, if Tenhag does not trust him, everything is in vain.
In fact, this mentality can also be heard from Lonnick's interviews. "It also matters how Tenhag sees this, does he like to talk to people like me?" How closely does he want to work together? These are things we haven't discussed yet. So I'm not worried at all, it doesn't matter what agreements have been made or what will happen in the next 2 years. I'm 64 years old and I'm more focused on the reality that Tenhag and the Manchester United board really want to know how much I think and how much I experience. ”
See? With Ronnick's shrewdness, he must have been aware of this real problem early on. "Paying more attention to the reality" is enough to show that Lonnick knew early on that he would not get much real power and had begun to find a way out for his future. Therefore, Longnick's Manchester United adviser for the next 2 years is only a part-time job, the time spent working is not much, and people may not necessarily listen to him, which is no different from retiring in name.