Roger Schmidt had to be persuaded. The German was committed to the pressing game of Ralf Rangnick, his director of football at Red Bull Salzburg, but he preferred to use a 4-2-3-1 formation. It was only after discussions with Rangnick that he switched to 4-2-2-2.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Ralf Rangnick could have found a way to make it work at Manchester United