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Manchester United players could face a 'countdown clock' in training under Ralf Rangnick as part of his plans to turn the 20-time champions of England into a high-intensity pressing team.
United are set to appoint the German as interim manager until the end of the season and then retain him as club consultant for the next two years after firing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Sunday.
Rangnick is expected to revolutionise United's tactical approach and, according to The Telegraph, he could start by introducing a custom-made clock to be installed at the club's Carrington training complex.
Ralf Rangnick will take over at Manchester United as interim manager until the end of the season before taking on a two-year consultant role at Old Trafford
The 63-year-old, who has been provided with videos of training sessions under Solskjaer to get an idea of what his players need, to inculcate his tactical doctrine into his players.
As one of the fathers of Gegenpressing (counter-pressing), Rangnick wants his players to win the ball back within eight seconds of losing it and no more than 10 seconds to elapse between getting possession back and having a shot on goal.
The German manager has previously used a 'countdown clock' to drill into his players at RB Leipzing and some of his other former clubs the importance of a coordinate, high-intensity pressing.
'The most exciting thing for me is to see how the transition game has developed and accelerated,' he told Coaches' Voices.
