When the English media revealed on Thursday that Manchester United reached an agreement for the arrival of Ralf Rangnick as their new interim manager, it was made clear that the deal wasn’t complete yet because of his job at Locomotiv Moscow.
The 64-year-old currently has a role as managing director at the Russian side, so even though it’s very likely he’d leave that to take charge of the Red Devils, his current contract had to be dissolved first.
Now as we see what’s going on in the Moscow media regarding the news, there are people sounding furious about Rangnick’s decision to leave for the Premier League giants.
Lokomotiv Moscow’s former president Nikolai Naumov spoke today to Match TV about the move, and made it clear that he disapproves of the way the German official is leaving the club, claiming he only cares about money.
“It’s not about Manchester. For Rangnick, this is no escape, betrayal, or disgrace. Rangnick is a merchant,” Naumov told Match TV (via Sportbox).
“He absolutely does not care about football, because he only does business around him. And the more countries, leagues and football clubs he covers, the more he will earn. He’s absolutely indifferent to Lokomotiv. He did not come here to raise football, but to earn money.
“Now he was offered money elsewhere, and he and his company will go to United. When he’s offered to work in Africa, he will go to earn money there, leaving his deputy at Manchester United. Clean business.”
Naumov also criticised Rangnick’s job at Lokomotiv, and regarding the news which said he’ll be a consultant at Manchester United following the work of his job as an interim next summer, he claims not to believe in that.
“I will never believe that Manchester United will let him enter the club as a whole agency. As a coach – yes, he is an experienced specialist, it can be. I doubt that even as a consultant he will have the opportunity to do his own ‘buy and sell’. We’ll see what will happen to Rangnick in six months.”
