United ‘Not Favorites’ for Top Four Spot, Says Rangnick

Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Leicester City - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - April 2, 2022 Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick. (Reuters)
Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Leicester City - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - April 2, 2022 Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick. (Reuters)
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United ‘Not Favorites’ for Top Four Spot, Says Rangnick

Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Leicester City - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - April 2, 2022 Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick. (Reuters)
Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Leicester City - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - April 2, 2022 Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick. (Reuters)

Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick said they are "not favorites" to finish in the Premier League's top four after slipping to seventh with a 1-1 draw against Leicester City.

The Old Trafford club are three points outside the top four with eight games left.

"It doesn't help at all to look at the table every weekend and speculate and anticipate what might happen, how many points might we need," Rangnick told reporters. "Right now we are not the favorites, for sure, for number four.

"I'm not a fortune teller, so I don't know where Manchester United will be next season. For us, it's my job, our job ... to finish the season on the highest and best possible note."

United play at Everton on Saturday and Rangnick said getting the three points was their only focus.

"The season is not over. We still have another eight games to play and I think then it's time to draw the right conclusions and take the right decisions for next season," he added.

"Right now, it's about how can we possibly get three points against Everton."



Atalanta Signs Poland Wing-Back Nicola Zalewski After Short Stay at Inter Milan 

Inter Milan's Nicola Zalewski, left, attempts a shot on goal as Urawa Red Diamonds' Samuel Gustafson tries to block during the Club World Cup Group E soccer match between Inter Milan and Urawa Red Diamonds in Seattle, June 21, 2025. (AP)
Inter Milan's Nicola Zalewski, left, attempts a shot on goal as Urawa Red Diamonds' Samuel Gustafson tries to block during the Club World Cup Group E soccer match between Inter Milan and Urawa Red Diamonds in Seattle, June 21, 2025. (AP)
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Atalanta Signs Poland Wing-Back Nicola Zalewski After Short Stay at Inter Milan 

Inter Milan's Nicola Zalewski, left, attempts a shot on goal as Urawa Red Diamonds' Samuel Gustafson tries to block during the Club World Cup Group E soccer match between Inter Milan and Urawa Red Diamonds in Seattle, June 21, 2025. (AP)
Inter Milan's Nicola Zalewski, left, attempts a shot on goal as Urawa Red Diamonds' Samuel Gustafson tries to block during the Club World Cup Group E soccer match between Inter Milan and Urawa Red Diamonds in Seattle, June 21, 2025. (AP)

Atalanta has signed Nicola Zalewski with the Poland wing-back leaving Inter Milan after just seven months and 17 games, including a Champions League final.

Atalanta did not disclose a transfer fee in the deal announced late Monday for the 23-year-old Zalewski. It was reported to be 17 million euros ($20 million).

That would be about 10 million euros ($11.7 million) profit for Inter which signed Zalewski on loan from Roma in February. The move was made permanent with a 6.3 million euro ($7.4 million) deal in June, while the club was in the United States at the Club World Cup. Inter lost in the round of 16 against Fluminense.

Zalewski will stay in the Champions League this season after Atalanta qualified by placing third in Serie A. In the final last season, he came on as a second-half substitute in Inter’s 5-0 loss against Paris Saint-Germain.

The Italy-born Zalewski has played 29 times for Poland including two games at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and two at the 2024 European Championship in Germany

Atalanta said Zalewski is its fifth offseason signing for the club, which is majority-owned by United States investor Stephen Pagluica.

The team is now coached by Ivan Jurić after the inspirational Gian Piero Gasperini left to join Roma after nine years in Bergamo that brought the 2024 Europa League title.