Manchester United manager, Ralf Rangnick has come out to admit that he would’ve preferred Paul Pogba doing his injury rehabilitation at the club. He recently revealed this during a recent press conference, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, despite that being his wish for every injured player under his watch, the decision for the midfielder to rehab in Dubai was made before he arrived at Old Trafford.
Ralf added that since MUFC‘s medical department is top-notch, he does not see any reason why players should go elsewhere.
His words, “My former clubs were always trying to make sure the rehab should take place in the club itself,”
“As far as I can tell the medical department is really good, very good, with many different approaches towards rehab.”
“I would not want players to do their rehab abroad or anywhere else but the decision on Paul was taken before I came. In the future, I have already spoken to the medical department – to Steve [McNally] our doctor, to Robin Sadler – that in the future I want players with injuries, and hopefully we don’t get long-term injuries, but if we have them in the future I want them to stay here.”
On his contract situation, “Players have to want to play and stay for a club and a big club like Manchester United,”
“If a player does not want to play for a club like Manchester United medium or long term, I don’t think it makes sense to convince him to change his mind.”
“This is such a massive club with such fantastic support from the supporters, I don’t think anyone in the club should try to convince a player to stay. But on the other hand let’s wait and see – I have spoken with him for 15 minutes over the phone a few days ago. Let’s have him come back, get fully fit, train with the team and then see where we stand, how the team has developed by then.”
“He can be an important player, but this is true for all the other players that we have and I’m not just the coach of Paul Pogba, I’m also the coach of all the other players and my ambition is to make them better, improve each individual player, and this is only possible by improving the performance of the whole team.”
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