In a turn of events that becomes more surreal by the day, the world’s biggest club is plucking one New York Red Bulls figure after another.
Given the track record of this topic, this column will likely become obsolete within an hour of publishing. The first and most obvious domino to fall was the hiring of former Red Bull soccer director Ralf Rangnick as the new interim manager and de facto sporting director at storied English club Manchester United.
Rangnick is known for his wide network of former players and assistants devoted to the German’s distinct footballing ethos, and part of such network overlapped with New York during his time plotting out energy drink soccer for the Red Bull corporation in the mid-to-late 2010s.