Manchester United ‘consider moves’ for former Paris Saint-Germain sporting director or Red Bull’s head of sport for technical director role
Manchester United reportedly have Antero Henrique and Ralf Rangnick on their shortlist to be the club's technical director.
The Red Devils do not currently have anyone in that position and want someone to work with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.
report that Man United are strongly considering former Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Henrique and current head of sport at Red Bull, Rangnick.
Henrique, 51, left his role at the Ligue 1 club last summer after two seasons and was credited with helping them to sign Kylian Mbappe from Monaco, Neymar from Barcelona and Dani Alves from Juventus.
He was reportedly influential in convincing Mbappe and his father to join PSG instead of Real Madrid.
Before working in France, he enjoyed 26 years at Porto where he worked his way up from their administrative department to eventually becoming vice president.
Rangnick, 61, was promoted to head of sport and development soccer at Red Bull at the end of the 2018/19 season.
He became sporting director at RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg in 2012 before focusing solely on the former in 2015.
The 61-year-old had two stints as manager there and transformed them into Bundesliga contenders.
He managed a number of other Bundesliga clubs including Stuttgart, Hannover, Schalke and Hoffenheim.
Rangnick is reportedly favoured by some senior figures at Old Trafford and the German is believed to favour a Premier League move.
He has a good track record of developing young players including Sadio Mane, Naby Keita, Roberto Firmino and Joel Matip, who are all excelling at Liverpool, as well as Timo Werner.