Four players who have benefited from Ralf Rangnick being Manchester United manager

It remains to be seen whether Ralf Rangnick will fulfil his brief of securing Manchester United a top-four finish and Champions League qualification for next season.

Appointed interim manager on a deal until the end of the season back in November, the experienced German was tasked with trying to reinstall some belief at Old Trafford and guide the team to a top-four finish. However, with just nine games left to play, United are facing the prospect of missing out.

Should that happen, it would be foolish and naive to lay the blame solely at Rangnick's door. He walked into a club that was vastly underperforming and the challenge of guiding this current group of players to a top-four finish with ease would have been a struggle for any manager.

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But whatever happens between now and May, Rangnick, whatever your opinions are on him and United's decision to appoint him, has done plenty of good things in his relatively short time at the club, even if results suggest otherwise. Not only has he identified things that have needed addressing and correcting for years, he has also developed a handful of players for the better and got a tune out of some that were in desperate need of a pick-me-up.

With that in mind, MEN Sport has picked four players that have made progress as a result of Rangnick's short-term stint at Old Trafford.

Diogo Dalot

Having been restricted to just five Premier League appearances this term prior to Rangnick's arrival at the end of November, a change in management could not have been better timed for Dalot. Aaron Wan-Bissaka had been leading the battle for the right-back berth and Dalot only earned his first start of