Ralf Rangnick has been appointed as Manchester United’s interim manager to become the sixth German manager in the Premier League.

The former Schalke and Red Bull Leipzig gaffer got his Old Trafford reign off to the perfect start at the weekend with a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.
With Rangnick famous for nurturing young talent, his own adaptation of a 4-2-2-2 system and being the godfather of the ‘Gegen press’, the Manchester United faithful will be optimistic for a fruitful second half of the season.
Here, we take a look at the mixed record of Rangnick’s fellow countrymen, with success for Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel but very little else to get excited about as we analyse German managers in the Premier League.
12 matches, won 3, drew 3, lost 6; win percentage 25.0
Arriving having won Bundesliga titles with both Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg, Magath was the first German manager in the Premier League, brought in to save Fulham from relegation in February 2014.
Twelve matches and 12 points later, they were down and he was sacked in September of the Championship season which followed.
235 matches, won 148, drawn 54, lost 33; win percentage 63
The league’s second German appointment was significantly more successful than its first, with former Borussia Dortmund boss Klopp leading the Reds to Champions League glory in 2019 and a first league title of the Premier League era the following year – in the process becoming FIFA’s two-time reigning Best men’s coach of the year.

His side’s battle with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City has defined the recent years of the Premier League and this season’s highest scorers are currently third favourites in our Premier League winner odds to lift the title in May.
49 matches, won 6, drew 8, lost 35; win percentage 12.2
Klopp’s success brought attention to his former assistants at Dortmund, with Farke following ex-United States international David Wagner to England.
He twice took Norwich into the top flight but was unable to sustain his success once they got there, finishing bottom of the 2019-20 table with just 21 points and leaving them in the same position this term when he was sacked despite sealing a first win of the campaign at Brentford the same day.
Norwich have since turned to former Aston Villa manager Dean Smith in a bid to stave off relegation.
15 matches, won 1, drew 2, lost 12; win percentage 6.7
Wagner’s successor at Huddersfield saw out the 2018-19 relegation season in a spell memorable less for its sole win, against Wolves, and five points than for the comical misunderstanding that saw lookalike Terriers fan “Martin from Wakefield” mistaken for the new boss upon his arrival.
34 matches, won 21, drawn 8, lost 5; win percentage 61.8
The only German manager to so far rival Klopp’s success and another off the Dortmund production line via a spell at Paris St Germain.
Tuchel succeeded Frank Lampard in January and the immediate improvements he made – particularly to the Blues’ defensive record – yielded the Champions League and an FA Cup final appearance within five months.
They are third in the Premier League, a point behind Liverpool and two adrift of leaders Manchester City in the bid for further silverware.
Rangnick joins Tuchel and Klopp in arriving into one of the ‘big six’ clubs, with those two managers having combined for 166 wins from 265 games – compared to 10 from 76 for managers at other clubs.
United will be hoping that pattern holds true if they are to bridge the five-point gap to the Champions League places and the Red Devils are 8/11 for a top-four finish.
All odds and markets correct as of date of publication