In the summer of 2020, AC Milan was close to announcing new coach Ralf Rangnick to take over the tactical reigns of the club. But, an incredible positive streak by coach Stefano Pioli and his team made Ivan Gazidis re-think his choices.
The German tactician, who never hid his admiration for Arrigo Sacchi's AC Milan, was therefore not on the table for the Rossoneri.
The 63-year-old man is not currently coaching a team nor is he being a club director. In fact, he started his own company.
Rangnick founded an agency to consult football teams and advise them regarding the transfer market, training, and anything related to technical and sports director world.
The German has a team of specialists who work with him in his consultancy business. It seems that he found his first client: Russian side Lokomotive Moscow. "They also wanted tips on how to plan their squad, and when they saw my plans for self-employment, it has now turned into a solid cooperation", he said in an interview.
Rangnick can work with 2 more clubs:
The former coach of Schalke 04 can take two more clients right now as he set the limit of only accepting 3 clubs at a time. "Two clubs I was recently in negotiations with have indicated to me that working together in my new role could make sense for them", declared the former manager.
Ralf Rangnick was close to a move to AC Milan. He was also linked with Chelsea before they decided to sign with Thomas Tuchel who won them the Champions League trohpy. The former RB Leipzig man was also rumoured to be on the shortlist of those who should lead Germany's national team from the bench after Joachim Loew.
