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Tottenham hiring Ralf Rangnick as coach is a risk, unless

By Aaron Coe

Ralf Rangnick, Red Bull's Head of Sport and Development Soccer, attends the tipico Bundesliga match in the master group round between Red Bull Salzburg and SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz on July 1, 2020 in Salzburg. (Photo by BARBARA GINDL / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT (Photo by BARBARA GINDL/APA/AFP via Getty Images)
Ralf Rangnick, Red Bull's Head of Sport and Development Soccer, attends the tipico Bundesliga match in the master group round between Red Bull Salzburg and SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz on July 1, 2020 in Salzburg. (Photo by BARBARA GINDL / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT (Photo by BARBARA GINDL/APA/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Possible Tottenham target - Ralf Rangnick, Red Bull's Head of Sport and Development Soccer,
Potential Tottenham managerial target, Ralf Rangnick, Red Bull’s Head of Sport and Development Soccer, attends the tipico Bundesliga match in the master group-round between Red Bull Salzburg and SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz on July 1, 2020, in Salzburg. (Photo by BARBARA GINDL / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT (Photo by BARBARA GINDL/APA/AFP via Getty Images) /

There is one name that is not from the usual list that has continued to be connected with the Tottenham managerial vacancy, Ralf Rangnick. Hiring the 62-year-old as the coach would be a major risk given he has not managed in several years unless it is a temporary position with eyes on a more powerful role for Rangnick in the club.

Is Ralf Rangnick even still a coach?

Ralf Rangnick played football in Germany, retiring in the coveted role of player-coach at Lippoldsweiler. Maybe that is something Tottenham should have considered with Kane before appointing Mason but I digress.

After a few years in the late 1980s and early 1990s learning his craft, Rangnick became a full-time manager in 1995. Over more than 15 years and eight different teams – all in Germany – Ralf Rangnick coached teams from across the divisions.

Rangnick took over FC Schalke 04 for the second time in 2011 and kept the team up and led them to the team to the DFC-Pokal at the end of the 2010/11 season and won the DFL Supercup to start the 2011/12 season.

However, after dropping six of the first 12 matches in the league to start 2011/12, Rangnick was sacked as manager. His sacking in September 2011 is significant as it was following that firing that he moves on to the Red Bull Organization.

First, serving as Sporting Director for three seasons at RB Salzburg and then moving over to the ‘parent’ Red Bull club, Leipzig. It was at Red Bull Leipzig that Rangnick really learned the world of leading a football team. Over six seasons, Rangnick was the architect of the Red Bull climb to relevance in German football.

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