Jamie Carragher says Ralf Rangnick working at Manchester United part-time while in charge of the Austria men's national team is "just nonsense."
Rangnick will move into a consultancy role at the club at the end of the season when his position as an interim manager comes to an end. New manager Erik ten Hag will take charge of the team at Old Trafford this summer, after committing to a three-year contract until June 2025.
After it was made official that Rangnick would also be in charge of Austria's national team on a full-time basis, Carragher insisted the club should not have allowed that to happen. "I’ll be honest with you I just don’t get that," he said on Sky Sports.
"Ralf Rangnick isn’t really a manager, he’s a director of football, he’s someone who helps the coaches or builds the club. I don’t think you can be manager of Austria and work for Manchester United.
"He can work for Manchester United in that role… Well that’s wrong. That should not be happening. The manager of Austria should not be working part time for Manchester United. That’s just a nonsense! It’s one or the other.’"
The German boss oversaw United's final home game of the season on Monday night as the Red Devils cruised past Brentford in a 3-0 win. Bruno Fernandes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Raphael Varane were all on the the scoresheet as Rangnick's side kept their first clean sheet since February.
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After strengthening their position in top-six, United look set to qualify for Europa League. But despite that, Rangnick said after the win: "In the end I’m not happy with the results [overall], especially in the last four or five weeks.
"Until the West Ham game we were still in the race in three competitions. We had good moments until that West Ham game, we conceded fewer goals but in the last few weeks performances have not been as good as they should have been. In general we have lacked consistency."
The Reds will return to action on Saturday as they make the away trip to the south coast to face Brighton Hove & Albion (5:30pm kick-off).
