In order to develop teams, you need to train the bodies and the brains. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
What we did in Hoffenheim had a lot of influence on German football. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
You need to have, as a coach, a very clear idea of how we want to play when we have the ball… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Lionel Messi is the best player in the world. But even he is not resistant to the press. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
I can very well imagine that a partnership with Oliver Bierhoff would be very prolific, especially for the future of German football. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
The back four is really just a means to an end for us, because what we actually want to play is extremely… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
If you want to win games you have to have control no matter if the other team has the ball or you… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
In team sports, it is always important you are convinced about what you are doing. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
If you have special coaches for goalkeeping, physical education, strikers, fitness, you should also have an expert for the brain. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
You have to be aware of what kind of players you have and where they stand. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
It takes right decisions and where you want to go to - what kind of players, what kind of manager - and… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
I've known Jadon since he was 17 when he still played in England, I contacted him and his agent when he was… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
What do we do when we have the ball? What do we do when the other team has the ball? In those… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Behind many players with an African background, and I've met a lot of them, there is a clan and sometimes a whole… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
My coaching career started at the age of 19, senior football then at 25. In Germany at that time, it was almost… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
At the time when Chelsea contacted me, they only talked about the option to become interim manager for four months without the… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Do you think Porsche, Mercedes or DHL would ask their stakeholders what they should do next ahead of every decision they make?… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
For a big club like Manchester United, if a player does not want to play for a club like Manchester United, even… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
As a manager, you always have to question and ask yourself what you could have done better, what if I could have… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
I know Jurgen in person and I know Pep from his time in Germany managing Bayern Munich; he also has a clear… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
If a player does not want to play for a club like Manchester United, medium or long-term, I don't think it makes… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Jadon Sancho I know from the Bundesliga and as a matter of fact I met him when he was 17 in London. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Once you are 1-0 down it doesn't make life easy. You have to score the first goal yourself. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
I have worked for some big traditional clubs like Schalke and Stuttgart, but this is no guarantee that you will perform at… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Whenever we speak about football, we know that the major part is in the brain - what do you think? How do… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Every coach has their own idea of football. For me it's about consistency on the highest possible level and also quality of… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
The step to Manchester United is a big one; for a 21-year-old, a massive step and it takes time. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
In the long term, it would be good to have one formation or one style of play. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
We have always been thinking from week to week, always focusing on the next opponent. At the end of the day, that's… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
As a manager, I cannot force a player if he does not feel fit enough or well enough to play. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Erling, for me, is a target striker, who can play as a single striker like a target man or together with another… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
My idea of football has always been about keeping a high tempo, pressing and counter-pressing, something in America they now call 'Ralfball.' — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
I am not that far apart from Jurgen Klopp in terms of our ideas about a style of football. That's no secret. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
It takes right decisions and where you want to go to - what kind of players, what kind of manager - and then in… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
My coaching career started at the age of 19, senior football then at 25. In Germany at that time, it was almost impossible to… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
The goalkeeper also should not be the one with the most contact on the ball. In almost every league and every country, the goalkeeper… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Behind many players with an African background, and I've met a lot of them, there is a clan and sometimes a whole village, that… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Football can basically bring a lot together, even topics that are otherwise difficult to unite. For this, but football must try to stay out… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Some clubs make the mistake that their only legacy is that they are 100 years old. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
If players tell the doctor and the medical department they are injured and cannot play I have to accept it. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Kyiv were the first team I had ever come up against who systematically pressed the ball. That was my football epiphany. I understood that… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Once you are 1-0 down it doesn't make life easy. You have to score the first goal yourself. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
