'Manchester United need heart surgery' - Ralf Rangnick admits problems at Old Trafford are massive

Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick says Manchester United need a «major operation» to fulfil the club's potential. Interim boss Rangnick is overseeing yet another trophy-less season at Old Trafford, with United now an outside chance for a top-four spot too. Ad/> Performances have been heavily criticised this season, while the club's recruitment policy has also come under fire.

TransfersUnited and Chelsea target £150m Rice as he rejects West Ham deal — Paper Round4 HOURS AGO And Rangnick admitted that there are multiple problems and that the club needs «heart surgery» to recover. «One of the very few good things is that it is crystal clear, it is not that difficult, you don't even need glasses to see what the problems are,» he said. «So now, it's only about how do we solve them, and for me it's clear, it's not enough to do some minor amendments, little issues, here and there, some minor cosmetic things.

No, in medicine you would say this is an operation of the open heart. »If this happens and everyone has realised that this has to happen and if people want to work together then it makes sense and I believe it doesn’t take two or three years to change those things. This can happen within one year." United lost 4-0 last weekend to fierce rivals Liverpool and looked uninspired through a match that demanded passion, effort and fire.