Manchester United co -owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has openly questioned the signings of several current players, saying that they are not “good enough” and “paid”, while others have been “inherited” and need their situations.
The billionaire INEOS CAP has implemented changes in Old Trafford, dismissing Erik Ten hag as manager After delivering -initially an extension of contract before covering hundreds of jobs in the club to try to reduce costs.
Some decisions made by Ratcliffe and its partners have proven unpopular, but it has always maintained that to start challenging the honors again, United must completely review the operation and do business.
Ratcliffe, who is a lifelong Manchester United fan, participated in a large number of interviews on Monday, sitting with BBC Sport Among other points of sale. And it was during this conversation that he detailed several mistakes that have been made to the transfer Market, claiming that it is now his responsibility to help delete the mistakes of those who came before him.
Interestingly, he made a point of appointment to five players in the United States when he discussed the errors, three of which are still playing the club right now.
He said: “If we look at the players we buy this summer, we do not buy, we buy in Antony, we buy Casemiro, we buy onana, we buy hojlund, we buy sancho. These are things of the past, whether we like it or not, we have inherited these things and we have to solve it.
“For Sancho, who now plays Chelsea And we pay half of its wages, we pay £ 17 million to buy it in summer.
“Some are not good enough and others are likely to be excessively, but for us we model the workforce of which we are fully responsible and that those responsible will take time,” Ratcliffe continued.
“We have this period of transformation where we go from the past to the future. There are some great players in the squad as we know, the captain is a fabulous footballer. We definitely need Bruno, he is a fantastic footballer.”
The decision to make a Number of redundant employeesEradicating free lunches for staff who stay and increase ticket prices by season for children under 16 and older have attracted widespread criticism in recent months.
Ratcliffe said he did not like to make these changes, knowing the effect that will have the feeling of the club community, but guaranteed that they were necessary measures for the United to survive.
The 72 -year -old came to say that United would have run out of money for Christmas if they had not modified the course: an indictment accused of the losses that the club has been doing despite its great turnover.
“Manchester United would have run out of cash by the end of this year, at the end of 2025, after having set $ 300 million (£ 232.72 million) and if we don’t buy new players in the summer,” he said.
“We are in the process of change and it is an uncomfortable and disruptive period and I feel sympathy with the fans. The simple answer is that the club is running out of money for Christmas if we do not do these things.
“If you spend more than you earn, this is the way to ruin.”
“I don’t like reading the newspaper very much these days I have to say,” he added. “I know it is unpopular, and this period of change is uncomfortable for people, and some of the decisions we have to make are unpleasant. But they are necessary to put Manchester United again on a stable foot. If people want to see the winning trophies of Manchester United again, then we will have to do all these things.
“I recognize that I am unpopular right now, but I am ready to be -and I can deal with being unpopular for a period of time because I think what we are doing is the right one.
“”Manchester United He has left the lanes: we have to recover it in the lanes and I think what we are doing will put it again in the railings and we will finish being where Liverpool or Real Madrid are today in the future.
“When the fact is that hard people have to show a little resilience, a little grana – do not roll up, and it comes out of the other side fighting and this is what we will do.”
