Manchester United interim supervisor Ralf Rangnick has discovered he had a lengthy telephone call with freshly sacked head instruct Ole Gunnar Solskjaer earlier than taking the process.
Rangnick become showed as United's transient boss on Monday after Solskjaer became relieved of his duties 8 days earlier following humiliating heavy defeats to competitors Liverpool and Man City and lowly Watford.
Michael Carrick changed into installed caretaker charge of the side for the preceding three video games and went unbeaten, although he has when you consider that left the membership too following Rangnick's arrival.
Although work allow problems meant the 63-year-old was unable to be on the touchline for Man Utd's home victory over Arsenal on Thursday night time, he will be inside the dugout for the go to of Crystal Palace on Sunday.
In his first press convention considering the fact that taking price, the German found out he had had a ninety-minute telephone conversation with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer while he turned into within the technique of succeeding him at Old Trafford, as well as talks with club owner Joel Glazer, technical director John Murtough and CEO Ed Woodward.
"We haven’t spoken approximately that during detail in all the conversations we had with John [Murtough] and also with Ed [Woodward]. But specially with John.
"I also had a long phone call with Joel Glazer for greater than half of an hour. I additionally spoke with Ole last Sunday before the Chelsea recreation for nearly hours. He was very generous to spend one-and-a-half of hours on the telephone with me, telling me his perception and details about the group."
Rangnick has joined United on a six-month contract till the give up of the season, even though he's going to expect a consultancy role for 2 in addition years thereafter. The plan is for him to help with the appointment of a everlasting manager in advance of the 2022/23 season, despite the fact that the instruct has no longer dominated out recommending himself.
"But, as I stated, with all those humans we haven’t spoken approximately what will show up within the next two years from subsequent summer till summer season 2024," he persisted. "We handiest spoke approximately the present day situation and how we are able to discover a way to work collectively.
“The human beings with whom I’ve spoken were very clean that it is a six-month role as manager. Maybe if they ask my opinion I will make the equal advice that I did at Leipzig that I continue as educate, however this is all hypothetical.”
