Teddy Sheringham still feels Manchester United made an ‘absurd decision’ in choosing to appoint an interim manager.
Ralf Rangnick was placed in charge until the end of the season after the Red Devils wielded the axe on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in November.
United had the chance to make a move for the likes of Mauricio Pochettino, Antonio Conte and Zinedine Zidane but turned to former RB Leipzig boss Rangnick on a temporary basis.
He’s been tasked with securing a top-four finish and steadying the ship but United’s performances have been far from convincing, including a fourth-round exit to Middlesbrough in the FA Cup.
Sheringham feels the appointment has left his former club in limbo, essentially writing off the season as they wait for a new permanent boss to take over in the summer.
‘In the main, when we’re talking about Man United, I think the real problem goes back to Rangnick coming in, another interim manager, it’s just absurd for me,’ he told Genting Casino.
‘United had an interim manager in Michael Carrick, they let him go and appointed another, it just brings uncertainty to a group of footballers that should be playing at their highest level.
‘It’s another season lost when you have that sort of vibe, you only need to chop and change and rotate the team a few times and you’ve got a lot of unhappy players.
‘If he leaves at the end of the season, and then someone completely different, like Mauricio Pochettino, comes in, it’s a whole new vibe of how you want to play football.
‘This season’s going to be lost. It will be wasted and you have to start again. If the next manager brings in his own staff, his own players – it’s just a whole new revolution again.
‘It’s such an absurd situation I see at Man United, and that’s why you get uncertainty, that’s why you get the differences of performances in the Man United team at the moment.
‘Unless the United board have got something up their sleeve that is defined, with a manager coming in with the whole summer to go and do what he’s got to do, then I’ll understand, I’ll hold my hands up and say, “Do you know what? It’s a great plan, perfect.”
‘But at the moment, from the outside looking in, you just think, “What is going on? What does the next six months hold for Manchester United, where will they go?”‘
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