There is no Austrian outside of Salzburg who Ralph Rangnick knows as well as the player consultant from Linz Max Hagmayr. People meet up again and again in Linz to have dinner with families or to go to football games. “We’ve known each other since Ralf worked as a coach at Hannover 96 in 2001. He’s a great person, an absolute football expert and above all a perfectionist who always follows his own line. That can only be good for Austrian football.” The fact that Rangnick is now taking over the ÖFB team surprised him too. “Six months ago we talked about the national team in general. At that time he was rather reserved on this topic. I’m very curious how Ralf will do it.”
Upper Austria’s association president was also satisfied Gerhard Goetschhofer after yesterday’s team boss election: “I think it was a good team boss finding with a very interesting result. Although I expect that the activities and the influence of the team boss do not end with the composition of the squad for the A team and its support, but The ÖFB also benefits from the ‘Rangnick person’. It would be a premiere if Rangnick of all people weren’t interested in the foundation from which tomorrow’s A team players develop.” (haha)
Source: Nachrichten
