Bayern Munich fans must be shocked to see that in the year 2024, their beloved club is being linked with Austrian national team manager Ralf Rangnick.
The legendary German manager has been rehabilitating his image as a coach at the international level after failing at Manchester United, though the club’s success in the season after his departure and failure in Erik ten Hag’s second season seem to point out that Rangnick wasn’t half as bad as the media portrayed him to be.
Although Rangnick achieved great success at a top German club in Schalke and built Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig into European regulars, he has yet to prove he can excel at the elite level of Europe – and his success at Hoffenheim and Leipzig comes with the asterisk of having ridiculous investment.
Bayern Munich seem to be favoring Rangnick over other options as Thomas Tuchel’s summer replacement, as many of their dream targets seem to be off the table.
The Zinedine Zidane trail looks cold, while Xabi Alonso has already elected to remain with new Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen, likely targeting a future appointment at Real Madrid to replace Carlo Ancelotti (a former Bayern coach himself).
If Bayern Munich are serious about hiring Ralf Rangnick despite fan criticism, then they will have to prepare for more critiques from within, because the German coach won’t come cheap.
According to a report from Munich-based outlet TZ, Austria will want more money than Bayern Munich are expecting to pay for Rangnick.
Since Bayern were willing to spend 15 million euros in order to hire Julian Nagelsmann from RB Leipzig, Austria would like to receive a similar fee of at least 10 million euros in order to be willing to “release” Rangnick to Die Roten.
This kind of significant investment in a manager is usually reserved for a top, young, up-and-coming name and not an older international coach whose last club appointment was unsuccessful. Bayern Munich are really going against the grain here.
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