EPL: Ragnick was right, Man Utd not close to winning title – Ten Hag

Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag, has admitted that his predecessor at the club, Ralf Rangnick, was right in saying the club needed “open heart surgery”.

Ten Hag, speaking with AD, also claimed the Red Devils are still “really far from winning titles”.

Rangnick replaced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on an interim basis and left at the end of the 2021/2022 season, after United finished in sixth-place with 58 points.

Ten Hag said: “Rangnick was absolutely right. We’ve been working very hard on that for two years, but he said it just right: it’s a thorough, very complex operation.

“And I knew when I started that it was going to be a tough job. There are a lot of people who have advised me. Louis van Gaal too.

“We want this club back to where it was more than a decade ago, to a club that wins the Premier League, which can win Champions Leagues. We are really a long way away from that, I think.”