The co -owner of Manchester United, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, strongly criticized some of the club players, calling them “not good enough” and “probably too paid”. Ratcliffe’s blunt remarks are involved in the middle of a difficult period in Old Trafford, after taking control of football operations in February of last year. Frustrated by the disappointing performance of the team, he expressed his concerns concerning the quality and financial mismanagement of the team while he seeks to reshape the future of the club.
The British billionaire named Rasmus Hojlund, Andre Onana and Casemiro, Jadon Sancho and Antony as the main causes of his frustration.
Sancho and Antony are currently loaned to Chelsea and Real Betis respectively after a sub-performant with United.
In reference to United, always paying for transfer fees on several players, Ratcliffe, which shares ownership of the Glazer family based in the United States, told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Monday: “If you look at the players we buy this summer, which we have not bought, we buy Antony, we buy Casemiro, we buy Onana, we do not buy Sancho.
“These are all things from the past, whether we like it or not, we have inherited these things and have to settle this.
“For Sancho, who now plays for Chelsea and we pay half of his salary, we pay 17 million pounds sterling to buy it in summer.”
When he was asked if he suggested that these players were not good enough for United, Ratcliffe said: “Some are not good enough and some are probably too paid, but so that we can shape the team for which we are fully responsible and responsible, will take time.”
After United finished eighth in the Premier League last season and won the FA Cup, Ratcliffe and his united advisers chose to stick to the boss Erik Ten Hag.
The Dutchman was then dismissed in October and replaced by Ruben Amorim after United endured another miserable race.
The president of Ineos, Ratcliffe, accepted that the decision to keep Ten Hag was a mistake.
He applied the same verdict to his decision to hire Dan Ashworth as a sports director, a role he left in December after only five months.
‘Back to grandeur’
“I agree that the Erik Ten and Dan Ashworth decisions were errors,” said the 72 -year -old.
“I think there were attenuating circumstances, but in the end, they are mistakes. I accept that and I apologize. “
Despite the difficulties of United since Amorim took care of, leaving them 14th in the Premier League, Ratcliffe insisted that he would keep the faith with the former sports boss of Lisbon.
“If I really look at the team that is available for Ruben, I think it does a very good job to be honest,” he said.
“I think Ruben is an exceptional young manager. I really do it. He is an excellent manager and I think he will be there for a long time. ”
The support of Amorim’s decision to allow England striker Marcus Rashford to join Aston Villa on loan, Ratcliffe said: “He wants a wardrobe full of people who are completely determined to win football matches.
“He will not tolerate people who do not have 100% of this attitude. Players must be in the same box.”
Ratcliffe made his incendiary comments on the Moribund team of United 24 hours only after thousands of fans participated in a protest against the property of the club before the 1-1 draw on Sunday with Arsenal at Old Trafford.
Angry songs were directed against the Glazers and Ratcliffe, whose controversial decisions outside the scope included an increase in the price of mid-season tickets, as well as 200 layoffs planned among the staff after 250 jobs were reduced last year.
Ratcliffe said that “unpleasant” costs reduction measures were “necessary” because the club “would lack money at Christmas if we do not do these things”.
Highlighting his “only interest here is to return Manchester United again to grandeur”, Ratcliffe said thatMorim would have money to spend on overtime to improve his team.
United has not won the Premier League since 2013, the last season of the legendary fate of Alex Ferguson as a manager.
Although they have a huge task to fill the gap on the champions elected Liverpool in the future, Ratcliffe insisted that his goal of winning the League by 2028, the 150th anniversary of the club, was “not impossible”.
With agency entries
