Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel has revealed why he doesn’t ‘feel sorry’ for Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick.
Tuchel spent 18 months under Rangnick at German side SSV Ulm – but he has said that he does not sympathise with his tricky position because of the job he’s in.
The two managers went head to head at Old Trafford on Thursday, and the Blues played a 1-1 draw with the Red devils.
When asked if he felt bad for his fellow national, Tuchel told Sky Sports: “Not too much, he’s the coach of Manchester United! Maybe it hasn’t worked out how he wished in terms of points but I don’t feel sorry because it’s a huge job at a huge club.
“He’s in this position which was a lifelong dream for him to work in the Premier League and work at one of the biggest clubs in the world. It’s more of an upside than a downside.”
Rangnick’s side have fallen out of Champions League contention and now look set to go for a fifth successive campaign without lifting any silverware.
The German, who arrived on an interim basis on December 1, has so far not lived up to expectations, though some believe the relationship between him and Erik ten Hag, who is set to take over in the summer, could be fruitful.
Rangnick has also made no qualms over how United has been handled and how they must behave differently to ensure success in the nearest future.
“You don’t even need glasses to see and analyse where the problems are,” he said. “Now it’s about how do we solve them? It’s not enough to do some minor amendments – cosmetic things. In medicine you would say that this is an operation of the open heart.
“If this happens and everyone has realised that this has to happen and if people want to work together then it makes sense and I believe it doesn’t take two or three years to change those things. This can happen within one year.”
