LONDON — Ralf Rangnick says
Manchester United do not deserve to play European football next season if they carry on
performing in such a limp fashion as in Saturday’s 1–0 defeat to Everton.
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The German has failed to spark the revival the
Manchester United board were hoping for when he stepped in as interim manager
after
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked in late November.
United have won just eight of the 17 Premier League
games Rangnick has been in charge for and Saturday’s defeat leaves them six
points off Tottenham Hotspur, who occupy the fourth and final Champions League
spot.
Rangnick, who is due to stay on as an advisor once a
full-time replacement is named, says based on the Everton display United are
lacking in what is required to play in Europe.
“If we play like we did here we just don’t deserve
it,” said Rangnick.
“The players themselves should be eager to play
international football, if possible Champions League.”
“In order to qualify for
Europe you have to be able
to score in 95 minutes in a game like this.”
Rangnick was embarrassed by his side’s inability to
score against an Everton side that had lost 3–2 to fellow strugglers Burnley in
midweek.
“With all respect to Everton — because they have a
good team — but if you don’t score against a team who conceded three goals
against Burnley, you cannot expect to get anything out of it,” said the
63-year-old German.
Rangnick dismissed the idea that speculation over
who will be the next manager had distracted the players.
Ajax’s Dutch coach
Erik ten Hag is strongly rumored
to be next man tasked with reviving United as a title contender after years of
disappointment.
He will be United’s fifth permanent boss since the
departure of Alex Ferguson as a
Premier League champion in 2013 — this will be
the fifth successive season they have finished without a trophy.
“I don’t think this should be an excuse,” said
Rangnick.
“We are Manchester United. We have lots of
international players. There should not be an alibi.”
“There will be a new manager next season. If this is
announced now or in 10 days it shouldn’t have an impact.”
United’s Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea echoed
Rangnick’s remarks saying with just one win in their last five league games
finishing in the top four seems an impossible task.
“We’re not good enough, for sure. It’s going to be
very difficult now to be in the top four,” said De Gea.
“We don’t score, we don’t even create proper chances
to score.”
“They had more desire than us, which is not acceptable.”
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