Ralf Rangnick makes Manchester United dressing room claim after substitution rule change

Ralf Rangnick has suggested Manchester United’s dressing room would have benefitted from already having the five substitutions rule in place.

The Premier League has confirmed this week that clubs will be allowed to make five substitutions per game from next season. The rule is already in place in the other four major leagues in Europe.

Clubs were permitted to make five changes following Project Restart in the 2019/20 season, but the majority of teams voted to revert to the three substitutions rule at the start of last season. However, from next season, teams will be able to make a maximum of five changes in a single game.

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Various reports have suggested a lack of harmony in the United dressing room this season, and Rangnick feels as though being able to make more changes would help such a matter.

"For sure, we should have had that (five subs) this season,” Rangnick told United's in-house media. “I would have loved to have it this season, for various reasons.

“It’s player care, to make sure in times like this you don’t have too many injuries, even more so with the number of games that players have to play for the big clubs. The second thing is it’s good for young players because it gives them more game-time and also for the atmosphere in the locker room and around the whole team, it’s better.

“If you have 18 on-field players on the player squad list and can only substitute three of them, you will always have five players who will not come on, so therefore I think it’s overdue that this happens, even more so because in the other big five leagues, five substitutes are normal."

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