Manchester United‘s new interim manager Ralf Rangnick will not be able to take charge of the team for Thursday’s Premier League game against Arsenal as he awaits a work permit.
The 63-year-old German coach was appointed as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s successor on Monday on a deal until the end of the current season, after which the former RB Leipzig sporting director will take on a two-year consultancy role at Old Trafford.
However, United fans will have to wait before seeing their team managed by the “Godfather of Gegenpressing” due to new work permit regulations introduced since Brexit. Michael Carrick, who has overseen a 2-0 win over Villarreal and 1-1 draw against Chelsea, will remain in temporary charge until the situation has been resolved.
As Rangnick has not managed a club in a “top league” – the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are regarded as “top bands” – for 24 months consecutively or 36 months cumulatively over the past five years, he does not meet the Football Association’s criteria for a Governing Body Endorsement [GBE], which is required for him to manage United. The FA’s stringent regulations came into effect on 4 June this year.
Rangnick was RB Leipzig’s manager for the 2015-16 season, in which they won promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time and again in the 2018-19 campaign. Before his first spell as manager and between both stints in the dugout, he was employed as the club’s director of football and latterly as head of sport and development for the Red Bull group, encompassing their other clubs including Austria’s Salzburg.
Upon leaving the Red Bull organisation in July, Rangnick took up a similar role at Lokomotiv Moscow as their manager of sports and development.
The Football Association’s GBE requirements:
- The manager will have “overall responsibility” for the first team of the applicant club.
- The manager holds a Uefa professional licence/diploma or equivalent.
- The applicant club does not have an existing manager (or, if the club does have an existing manager, the club has confirmed to The FA in writing that the existing manager will not be in post when the manager commences his or her employment).
- The Manager has: i) Managed a club in a top league for the prescribed time; or ii) Managed an international team for the prescribed time which had an aggregated Fifa World Ranking of 50 or above for the entire prescribed time.
Although Rangnick has been employed throughout the last five years, his limited time as a manager means that United will have to put forward their case for him being granted a GBE to a three-man independent panel, appointed by the FA.
The panel, comprised of a legal professional and two members who have relevant experience of the top levels of the game, will judge whether he meets the work permit criteria as set out by the Home Office.
Speaking after his appointment, Rangnick said: “I am excited to be joining Manchester United and focused on making this a successful season for the club.
“The squad is full of talent and has a great balance of youth and experience. All my efforts for the next six months will be on helping these players fulfil their potential, both individually and, most importantly, as a team.
“Beyond that, I look forward to supporting the club’s longer-term goals on a consultancy basis.”
A United statement on Tuesday read: “Michael Carrick will remain in caretaker charge for the game against Arsenal on Thursday.
“Ralf Rangnick was announced as interim manager on Monday but, while the club follows the regulatory process around a work visa, Carrick will continue at the helm.”
United are hopeful that he will be given clearance in time to take the team for their next league match against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Antonio Conte and Claudio Ranieri were both granted GBE’s quickly prior to joining Spurs and Watford respectively, as both have managed for a cumulative 36 months over the past five years.
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