Not sure about that, It's one thing to say Murtough wasn't the only one involved in renewing Ole but it's another to say he played no part in it. He's a director of football, they didn't do it without him. Is that even possible? It's also his name plastered in our transfer articles, he was the one who did the communication with Rangnick prior to signing. He chose and hired Rangnick. He signs players and managers but somehow wasn't involved in the Ole renewal? that's highly unlikely don't you think?
Also keeping the entire backroom staff of a sacked manager is unheard of. Do other clubs even do this? A new manager definitely doesn't need every single one of them. He should have been given the freedom to decide who gets to stay. The club shouldn't bloat his technical team with dead weight. Three is too much. It's not like he isn't bringing his own assistant and trainers. They might just end up glorified ballboys. They have no prior chemistry working with this manager. Expect an awkward sight during matches with Rangnick consulting with his own staff while those 3 are sat at the edge of the bench with little to do but getting subs ready.
I think you failed to understand my previous post, so let me explain in a bit more detail below.
Murtough was appointed football director in March this year when we had a manager already in his role making the big football related decisions at the club, which is what we've traditionally done. Murtough as the football director did not have the authority over Solskjaer who was the manager at the time. You need to understand the difference between a manager and a head coach. And once the manager was sacked, Murtough became the most powerful person on the football side of the club hence he made the decision to bring in Rangnick as Interim, according to reports.
And of course he's involved in signing players that have been selected by the first team manager at the club. But his influence has been far greater at youth level than the first team.
Do you really think Rangnick is gonna bring with him a full quota of coaches who are likely in long term roles at other clubs to come to United for 6 months? If he brings a couple in, that'll be more than adequate for 6 months.
We're talking mid-season sackings here, and yes other clubs have sacked managers mid-season and kept the back room staff, which supported the outgoing head coach. And Bayern has done just that by firing coaches and retaining the likes of Flick and Gerland.
I'm sure many of you would've fired Flick and Gerland.