Ralf Rangnick:” Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff are the two greatest players of all time 

New Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick gave an exclusive interview to Old Trafford on the English club’s official website on Friday, where he talked about the legend striker, Cristiano Ronaldo. Ralf Rangnick has named Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff as the two greatest players of all time and given a brief message to Manchester United fans about what they can expect to see under his management.
Rangnick said: “When I was a young boy, at first it was Alemannia Aachen but then I was eight or nine years old at the time. I think they played First Division in Germany. But, after that, it was Borussia Monchengladbach, with the Fohlen team at the time, with players like Berti Vogts, Jupp Heynckes, Ulrik Le Fevre, Allan Simonsen, [Wolfgang] Kleff in goal. At the time, this was the team that excited me most as a young boy. After I became a coach myself, and as I said, this was at a very early age, at 25, you cannot afford to be a fan. You’re always a fan of the club you work for.”
About the greatest footballer of all time, Rangnick said:“I think there are quite a few who would come into consideration but I think definitely Diego Maradona is one of them to name. Somebody who also influenced my approach as a coach because I think he was the first modern no.10 in football was Johan Cruyff. He also had a big influence, not only as a player, but as a coach later on when he worked for clubs like Ajax or Barcelona. I remember when I was 13, 14, playing for the youth team in my home club. I asked my coach if I could play with no.14 [Cruyff’s number]. At the time, it was completely unnormal because you had numbers from one to 11 and the coach allowed me to play with the reserve-team number 14 on the back of my shirt. I would name the two of them but obviously there are quite a few more. We have Cristiano [Ronaldo] here, we have Lionel Messi, we have Robert Lewandowski right now, so it’s difficult to just name one of them. I would say Diego and Johan are definitely two who should be named.”
Rangnick ended his statements by saying: “I mentioned the two, but I think there are quite a few who would come into consideration but I think definitely Diego Maradona is one of them to name".