It will take more than an interim manager to fix Old Trafford problems

United bowed out of the Champions League with a characteristically frustrating performance

Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick saw his side exit the Champiosns League at Old Trafford on Tuesday night. Picture: Martin Rickett/PA Wire 

Ralf Rangnick’s chances of leaving any kind of legacy from what will almost certainly be a painfully short period in charge of Manchester United now look distant after his side bowed out of the Champions League with a characteristically frustrating performance.

United haven’t reached the quarter-finals of Europe’s premier competition since 2019 and haven’t won it since 2008, so relying on the big-eared trophy to save them this season was a long shot, even if the Atletico Madrid side they faced at Old Trafford are a shadow of Diego Simeone’s sides of the past.