Man Utd Interim Manager Rangnick Defends Decision To Hire Sports Psychologist

By Daily Sports on December 8, 2021

Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick says it is “absolutely logical” to have an “an expert for the brain” among his coaching staff after appointing a sports psychologist.

Sascha Lense is one of two backroom appointments Rangnick intends to make once United can get the required visas. Lense, 46, is a former second division player in Germany and worked with Rangnick at Schalke and RB Leipzig.

“For me it is absolutely logical,” said Rangnick.

“This is not about putting them on the red sofa and holding hands with players.

“If you have special coaches for goalkeeping, physical education, strikers, fitness, you should also have an expert for the brain.”

Former New York Red Bulls and FC Toronto manager Chris Armas will also join Rangnick’s coaching team but it is Lense’s appointment that has attracted most interest.

“In the last couple of years, in Germany, most clubs have employed a sports psychologist,” said Rangnick.

“I had Hans-Dieter Hermann, the current sports psychologist of the German national team, with me [at Ulm] in 1998. We were probably the first club in Germany to do that.

“It is about helping to show the players how the brain should assist the body, not work against it. Whenever we speak about football, we know that the major part is in the brain – what do you think? How do you analyse the situation?

“The players, the coaching staff, everybody in our team should think in the right way.”

It is clear Rangnick will expect the coaching staff he has inherited at United to be open to Lense’s work, which will be on the training pitch and not hidden away from view.

“Sascha is hands on,” Rangnick said. “He doesn’t work in theory. He is part of training sessions.

“Having worked with him at Leipzig I know we can benefit a lot from him a lot. The coaches have to allow that. At the top level, it is vital you should have the best possible person on this job.” (BBC)

•PHOTO: Rangnick

Source Daily Sports

Posted December 8, 2021


 

You may also like...
Salah To Return For Liverpool Against Atalanta

Arsenal keep UCL hopes alive as Sanchez, Ozil...

James Doubtful For Chelsea’s Clash Against West Ham...

Too much food may destroy Nigerian athletes in...

ICYMI: Paris 2024: Nigerian cyclist borrows bicycle from...

Two killed near Olympic site

 

Latest News Abraham set to join Besiktas from Roma 'Not impossible' Mbeumo will stay, say Brentford 'Turkish Messi' ready to replace Modric at Real Madrid Guardiola praises City’s performance despite Club World Cup exit Fluminense beat Inter Milan to reach Club World Cup quarter-finals Alcaraz avoids Fognini shock after fan taken ill Anambra School Sports Festival Ends In Emotional Grand Style As Njikoka Emerge Champions Club W’Cup: Chelsea face travel woes after group stage upset Lyon included in Ligue 1 fixtures despite demotion Adesanya eyes Strickland fight for UFC return Wilder ends losing streak, but questions linger Brentford reject Man Utd's new £62.5m Mbeumo bid

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,553 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,714 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,730 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,324 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (44,323 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (44,314 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (44,119 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,659 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,769 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,381 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,828 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (39,252 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media