Former Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick believes the Red Devils needed “open-heart surgery” to restore their former glory.
Rangnick, who managed Manchester United from December 2021 to May 2022, made this known in an interview with Sport, where he urged the club to invest more in young players.
“If I were the owner/sporting director, I would only try to sign and invest in young players because no matter how you look at it, it only makes sense,” Rangnick told Sport.
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“Does it make sense to spend a transfer fee of 30/40/50 million for a 30/28 year old? Let’s make that calculation. You sign a 30/28 year old, give him a five-year contract.
“You spend on average 15m/year on wages, times five, that’s 75m. The total is about 110/120m, then there are the agent fees. The whole deal is about 150m. For what?
“You’ll never get that money back. If you’re unlucky, in the last years of his contract, the player doesn’t even play anymore. The only thing you do if you do that is you invest in a possibly greater amount of success in the first few years. This is like a bet. I would never allow to do that, allow that to happen.”
