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Rangnick out of the frame for Everton role

Lyndon Lloyd | Thursday, 23 November 2017 30comments  |  Jump to last
Updated Ralph Rangnick had emerged as a candidate to manage Everton four-and-a-half years after he first interviewed for the job but his club has moved to lock him into a new contract.

The 58-year-old, who is currently sporting director at RB Leipzig, was being mentioned in reports as being the next target for the Blues' board of directors after they were forced to abandon their pursuit of Watford's Marco Silva.

Well respected in the German game based on his experience with the likes of Hoffenheim, Schalke and Hannover, Rangnick took Leipzig into the Bundesliga during a season-long stint as their manager in 2015-16, having stepped down as sporting director of that club and Red Bull Salzburg.

However, Leipzig chief executive Oliver Mintzlaff said that Rangnick would be offered new and improved terms to stay with his club and a fresh report in The Times suggested he is not interested in the Everton job anyway.

"We expect to extend the contract ahead of schedule this week," Mintzlaff said. "Ralf Rangnick is the sportive engine of our club and therefore also elementary for our future development.

"It was less about financial or maturity issues, but rather about which direction RB Leipzig continues to take.

"Since we have 100 per cent the same ideas, we want to continue the same: make even more stars out of jewels, stay attractive in all areas of the club and continue to grow organically."

Also currently serving as global sporting director for New York Red Bulls in MLS, Rangnick was one of three candidates seriously considered to replace David Moyes at Goodison Park in 2013 but was eventually overlooked in favour of Roberto Martinez.

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