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Sir Jim Ratcliffe has criticized Manchester United as a “mediocre” football club who are paying the price for a “very poor” signing before the arrival of Ineos.
In an explosive interview with fanzine United We Stand, Ratcliffe gave his verdict on the state of the club, as well as addressing the controversial decision to eliminate concession ticket prices.
“The club has been adrift for a long period of time, about a decade. “Manchester United has become mediocre,” he said.
“It is not an elite club and it is supposed to be one of the best football clubs in the world.” That’s what it used to be with Alex.
‘There is a major change coming to achieve elite status. But there has already been a big change in this club.”
Ratcliffe has instigated a big turnaround since spending £1.3bn on a 27.7 per cent stake to become a minority co-owner alongside the Glazer family.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, 72, attacked the state of Man United in an explosive interview.
United are paying the price for a bad signing, according to the club’s minority owner
Ratcliffe spoke about recruitment, data analysis and why the club needed to increase revenue.
Dan Ashworth arrived as the club’s first sporting director, while Omar Berrada (CEO) and Jason Wilcox (technical director) were also hired by the petrochemicals billionaire to overhaul United’s structure, with that group largely responsible for recruitment. in the future.
Ineos have previously considered statement signings such as the £82m spent on Antony and the £70m spent on Casemiro as an example of United’s misguided recruitment strategy.
In the most recent summer, Erik ten Hag was given £200m to spend before being sacked in October following the defeat to West Ham.
Leny Yoro arrived for 52 million pounds, while Manuel Ugarte arrived for a fee close to 50 million pounds. Matthjis de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Joshua Zirkzee also arrived.
Data analysis is also an area where Ratcliffe was amazed at how out of touch United have become compared to their rivals.
“Until we are as good as anyone in the world, then it is not good enough for Manchester United.” “We must have the best hiring in the world,” said United’s minority owner.
‘Data analysis goes hand in hand with hiring. It doesn’t really exist here. When it comes to data analysis, we are still in the last century.
There is an immense amount of useful data that we can obtain from data analysis and here we are in the “very poor” group with data analysis. These things don’t happen overnight.
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‘You can’t just flip a light switch and order recruitment. “It’s about people and we need to find the right people.”
Ratcliffe has come under heavy criticism last week for the club’s controversial decision to increase match day ticket prices to £66 per game, with no concessions for children or pensioners.
Hundreds of United fans gathered outside Old Trafford before last Sunday’s game against Everton to protest against the decision.
In front of the Trinity Statue, United fans held a banner reading “Stop Exploiting Loyalty”, with chants against Ratcliffe and the Glazers, accusing them of being “sellouts” and “taking the f***”.
