MANCHESTER UNITED HAVE confirmed the appointment of Ralf Rangnick as their interim manager until the end of the season.
The German joins from Lokomotiv Moscow where he was working as head of sports and development since July.
Rangnick, whose move is subject to work visa requirements, will be retained as a consultant for a further two years.
“I am excited to be joining Manchester United and focused on making this a successful season for the club,” the 63-year-old told the club’s website.
“The squad is full of talent and has a great balance of youth and experience. All my efforts for the next six months will be on helping these players fulfil their potential, both individually and, most importantly, as a team.
“Beyond that, I look forward to supporting the club’s longer-term goals on a consultancy basis.”
Michael Carrick will remain in charge of the side until Rangnick’s visa is finalised.
John Murtough, Manchester United football director, added: “Ralf is one of the most respected coaches and innovators in European football. He was our number one candidate for interim manager, reflecting the invaluable leadership and technical skills he will bring from almost four decades of experience in management and coaching.
“Everyone at the club is looking forward to working with him during the season ahead, and then for a further two years in his advisory role.”
United concluded their statement by thanking Lokomotiv Moscow for their co-operation in the move.
Best of luck cork and pats,hopefully another memorable night ahead
Great that there are live updates of the two games tonight. Come on Pat’s and Cork.
I thought we had 3 national TV stations.I thought Dundalk St Pats and Cork were all from Ireland.And the big thought was that I thought Irish TV covered Irish teams. Seems Im wrong about that.What a joke
Spot on.
Ridiculous that the state broadcaster wouldn’t broadcast one of the games tonight.
A packed Turners Cross on a big European night. I can’t think of a better advertisement for the league.
I’m not even a Cork fan!
Ditto John, brilliant atmosphere there for league games so I can imagine what it’s like there tonight and them nearly through to the next third qualifying round of the Europa League.
LOI fans should get a reduced TV licence seeing as the benefactors do not cover LOI
Dundalk showed you how, come on Cork and Pats!
Best of luck to the rebels tonight
Great week for Irish soccer
Well done to Dundalk last night and let’s hope city and pats do the league proud tonight
Keep it up city (dundalk fan)
Great to see LOI fans supporting each other
Keep up the support lads and get down and support your team
Would love to be in the shed tonight – over 5k in turners cross tonight – fantastic
C’mon city do us proud!!!
Not to jinx it or anything, but Podgorica have leveled their tie with Genk. That’d be a very winnable tie. But let’s see of Hacken first.
Alright, let’s go Podgorica!!!!
That sure is. Can you imagine Genk going out? Definitely all to play for.
This is now a Podgorica-Genk live blog. 2-0 FT. They’ve gone into extra time.
HT Extra time, still remains 2-2
Still 2-0 after ET. It’s gone to penalties.
It’s Genk. Shame they are a handy team. Won 4 2 on penalties
Cmon city
Well done Cork, great win.
The updates are shocking! Minute by minute? Lol
Sorry they weren’t up to your standards, Darren. Unfortunately we were restricted by the quality of internet connection at Turner’s Cross, but rest assured that every significant incident was covered. Hopefully you managed to stay up to date via the many other media outlets who provided a similar level of coverage of the game.
Well done city! Awesome result
Well done City.
G’wan City, great result. Hopefully Genk get knocked out
Fantastic result for city
Hard luck pats
Best of luck to city and Dundalk in next rounds
Well done Cork, tough luck Pats, flying the domestic flag proudly-Sligo Rovers.
Well done Cork City