Former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves has declared that former RB Leipzig director of football Ralf Rangnick would be perfect for United.
The experienced German was an integral part of Leipzig's phenomenal rise, which saw them formed and reach the Champions League semi-finals over a period of just 11 years.
During that time, Leipzig have boasted a plethora of young talent - something that has become synonymous with the Red Bull project, which has also seen the likes of Erling Haaland and Sadio Mane emerge from Salzburg.
Rangnick is currently out of a job having left the German side last year, and Hargreaves believes he would be the ideal man for United to appoint.
“I don’t think you could get a better one. The recruitment, the detail, everything. He’s almost perfect for the job. He’s got experience, he’s been in big jobs," Hargreaves told BT Sport.
"He was the architect behind that RB Leipzig project, getting to a Champions League semi-finals with players that wouldn’t get in any of the top teams.
"Going and getting Julian Nagelsmann to take them to the next level. His attention to detail is second to none. He’d be perfect for Manchester United.
“You think about Naby Keita, Mane, Joshua Kimmich, Haaland, all those players that come through him. A sporting director should get players that we don’t really know - that makes it really interesting - to sign players like Kylian Mbappe, that’s easy.
"But finding those hidden gems, those next ones - like Haaland - that’s what they should be doing. Ralf Rangnick does that time and time again.”
