Naby's an extraordinary player who could play in any European top team. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
What we did in Hoffenheim had a lot of influence on German football. — 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 Day 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
It's difficult to change, shall I say, a technically great player into a physical, aggressive player. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
One thing is to know the gameplan, the other is to transform it and translate it on to the pitch. — Ralf Rangnick Football Copy Share Image
I mean, firstly for me, the formation is a means to an end, it's a tool. Of course, in my opinion, this… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
In Germany, if Bayern play the bottom teams in 10 games they will ordinarily win eight or nine. — Ralf Rangnick Football Copy Share Image
When three players flock to a ball that has just been lost, it can look like chaos from the outside. But it's… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
If you look at the Bundesliga, the vast majority of coaches did not play at the very highest level. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
We know from the Hoffenheim experience that now that things are working, somebody like myself is needed to ensure that the things… — Ralf Rangnick Change Copy Share Image
If you know what kind of football you want to play and what kind of profiles you want for each individual position,… — 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… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
We had nothing. I earned my own money and used it to finance my studies. From the age of 18, I basically… — Ralf Rangnick Age Copy Share Image
Red Bull Soccer stands for a highly successful organization that is very well positioned around the world. It was a great honour… — Ralf Rangnick Around the world Copy Share Image
Jurgen Klopp, when he arrived, it took him three months to develop his Liverpool side. Thomas Tuchel, when he arrived at Chelsea,… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Of course in Hoffenheim in 2006 and here in Leipzig in 2012, we started out with an essentially clean slate. In both… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
No matter which club, it is always necessary and important that you need an idea. You need to know how you want… — 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 Control 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
I can very well imagine that a partnership with Oliver Bierhoff would be very prolific, especially for the future of German football. — Ralf Rangnick Football 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
We hate square passes and back passes. Just having the ball ourselves doesn't make sense. — 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
Yes, Thomas Tuchel is a top manager, yes I know him well, yes he was a player of mine, yes he took… — Ralf Rangnick Coach 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
I remember my first days at Leipzig: there were no physiotherapists, the doctors had left and no coach. The season was meant… — Ralf Rangnick Coach Copy Share Image
I can't see myself going to a club where I have no say over signing and selling players. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
It's not about playing pressing or counter-pressing for the sake of it. It's about control. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to play in the Champions League every season, but we have to be realistic. — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
We follow our own path. I can't say what we are doing better or worse than others. I can only say that… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
I tend to explain to players every two or three weeks why they are not playing and that is an issue in… — Ralf Rangnick Copy Share Image
The top coaches are not only good leaders of their team but they are also experts in the different areas of the… — 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 America 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 Football Copy Share Image
It's pretty easy in football: you need to have the best possible people, a clear idea of football and stick to that… — 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
