“My dream club is Manchester United”, Rangnick’s January target is Manchester United fan—Dreams of move to Red Devils
Rangnick will have scope beyond just being first team boss. After this season he will be a consultant for two years.
Amadou Haidara is reportedly on the Red Devils’ list of target, with United scouts set to head to Germany in the coming days to assess the 23 yr-old.
Haidara has made 100 appearance for the Budesliga outfit, proving to be an integral player under both Julian Nagelsmann and Jesse Marsch after being signed by the club’s former director of football, Rangnick.
But it appears that the Mail international, who has been capped 24 times by his country, would be interested in a fairytale move to Old Trafford, thanks comments he mad in 2019.
The 23 year-old scored against Man UTD last season
“My dream club is Manchester United,” he told Foot Mali. “I will fight with all my strength to one day play for the club”.
The 63–year–Old served as director of football for both Red Bull Salzburg and Leipzig from 2012 to 2019, having two spells as manager of the latter.
It was east Germany where Ralf Rangnick coached Haidara, having acquired him for the Red Bull group’s Austrian–based side back in 2016.
Three years later, Rangnick brought him to Leipzig as a replacement for Liverpool – bound Baby Kieta.
“We‘re very happy to have worked out the transfer of Amadou Haidara,” the acclaimed German coach stated .
“There are not many players out there who have his potential. He has all the prerequisites to succeed Kieta.”
Current Borussia Dortmund and ex–Salzburg boss Marco Rose has also worked wwith Haidara with similar praise to his coaching counterparts.
“He’s an excellent footballer, who doesn’t worry too much,” Rose explained. “He just goes out and shows his qualities on the pitch.
“He has a lot of dynamism, particularly with the ball, and he’s willing to work. He has a lot of good attributes.”
“He was an examplary player who had it all and battled on the pitch,”
