Will Ralf Rangnick be the new head of sports after the Saudi takeover?

The former Bundesliga coach Ralf Rangnick is traded as the new head of sport at Newcastle United. Again Chronicle reported that the name of the 63-year-old is being discussed among the new owners of the Premier League club as part of the restructuring of the club.

A Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund took over Newcastle from ex-owner Mike Ashley last week. It is expected that the traditional club will reposition itself in terms of sporting leadership. Among other things, the chair of coach Steve Bruce is shaking, Managing Director Lee Charnley is about to leave.

For Rangnick as a strong man in club management, the fact that he has already created structures in the past at TSG Hoffenheim, Red Bull Salzburg and RB Leipzig, which led the clubs to great sporting successes, speaks for itself. He is currently working as Head of Sports and Development at Lokomotiv Moscow, where he will be under contract until 2024. A commitment to the Magpies, he should be loud Chronicle however, be open to it.

Newcastle’s new club director Amanda Staveley, who was instrumental in the Saudi takeover of the club, said on Thursday in search of a new fixture in the sporting leadership: “We have been thinking about sporting directors and football directors. But we have to deal with the board Exchange and see where we are at the moment. There’s no point in getting the best sports director in the world if you don’t have any infrastructure. “

She also announced massive investments in the training ground and medical department. “We have to be attractive to the people who work with us and want to share our dream,” said Staveley.