{"id":163750,"date":"2025-02-21T09:42:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T09:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/man-united-have-become-worst-run-club-in-country-in-one-year-under-ratcliffe\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T09:42:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T09:42:40","slug":"man-united-have-become-worst-run-club-in-country-in-one-year-under-ratcliffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/man-united-have-become-worst-run-club-in-country-in-one-year-under-ratcliffe\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United have become worst run club in country in one year under Ratcliffe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos\u2019 arrival at Manchester United heralded a new era that left fans dreaming of a return to the glory days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fast forward a year and the club have slumped further into mediocrity with Ratcliffe joining the Glazer family in being a much maligned owner.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"1\"><a href=\"#\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article__gallery-count-value\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\"><span class=\"article__media-span\">There has been a flurry of cost-cutting at United in the past year at Old Trafford<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The British billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/1757253\/man-utd-sir-jim-ratcliffe-minority-owner-deal-completed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spent \u00a31.25billion<\/a> to become a minority owner of the Red Devils in February 2024, purchasing 27.7 per cent of the club.<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe and his Ineos team, which includes the marginal gains cycling guru <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/dave-brailsford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dave Brailsford<\/a>, were handed over the responsibility for its football operations.<\/p>\n<p>The 72-year-old has been front and centre of decisions on and off the pitch &#8211; with the club seemingly going backwards.<\/p>\n<p>Over that year a number of baffling and unpopular decisions have been made:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gave Erik ten Hag a new contract and sacked him months later, <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/2943388\/man-utd-sacking-true-cost-revealed-erik-ten-hag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costing the club \u00a314.5m<\/a>, while another \u00a310m was spent hiring Ruben Amorim.<\/li>\n<li>Hired Dan Ashworth as sporting director, giving Newcastle \u00a33m as compensation, only for him to <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/2361508\/dan-ashworth-leaves-man-utd-sporting-director\/#:~:text=Dan%20Ashworth%20has%20left%20Manchester,gardening%20leave%20at%20Newcastle%20United.&amp;text=talkSPORT%20understands%20that%20the%20two%20clubs%20agreed%20a%20%C2%A310million%20compensation%20package.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leave five months later<\/a> with a \u00a34.1m pay-off.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/2922887\/man-utd-simon-jordan-jim-ratcliffe-ineos-redundancies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Made 250 staff redundant<\/a>, with another 200 proposed.<\/li>\n<li>Increased ticket prices to \u00a366 and scrapped concession rates.<\/li>\n<li>Cancelled the annual staff Christmas party, saving \u00a3250,000, while an annual \u00a3100 bonus was swapped for a \u00a340 voucher.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/2164746\/manchester-united-unpopular-decision-sir-alex-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ended Sir Alex Ferguson\u2019s ambassadorial role<\/a>, for which he was paid \u00a32m, while other former players have seen their ambassador salaries reduced.<\/li>\n<li>Scrapped free staff travel for the FA Cup final.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Manchester United has become mediocre,&#8221; Ratcliffe said in December. &#8220;It is supposed to be one of the best football clubs in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to make some difficult and unpopular decisions. If you shy away from the difficult decisions, then nothing much is going to change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Ratcliffe\u2019s radical cost-saving drive, the club saw revenue drop by 12 per cent in the last financial quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The club made an operating profit of \u00a33.1m &#8211; down from \u00a327.5m over the same period in 2023 &#8211; after spending \u00a314.5m on the sackings of Ten Hag, his coaching staff, and Ashworth.<\/p>\n<p>All of this comes amid a backdrop of the club languishing in 15th place in the Premier League, with former players like Rio Ferdinand fearing they will not win another game this season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"2\"><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ten Hag left United 14th in the table after a dismal start to the campaign - only for them to drop further\" height=\"639\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" data-caption=\"Ten Hag left United 14th in the table after a dismal start to the campaign - only for them to drop further\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?w=335 335w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?w=480 480w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?w=620 620w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?w=670 670w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?w=960 960w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?w=1005 1005w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?w=1860 1860w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/crop-2201408.jpg?w=2480 2480w\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article__gallery-count-value\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\"><span class=\"article__media-span\">Ten Hag left United 14th in the table after a dismal start to the campaign &#8211; only for them to drop further<\/span><span class=\"article__credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>talkSPORT host, and United fan, Andy Goldstein labelled the club as the worst run in the league.<\/p>\n<p>He told Drive: \u201cI asked, is Manchester United the worst run club in the Premier League? Without a doubt the answer is yes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the worst Manchester United has EVER been run as a club. The <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/dan-ashworth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Ashworth<\/a> thing underlines that. We had to pay Newcastle \u00a33m and then him \u00a34.1m after he only lasted 159 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the back of that you\u2019ve got 250 staff being made redundant, you\u2019ve got question marks about another 100-200 pending redundancies at the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve stopped things like Sir Alex Ferguson\u2019s wage, they don\u2019t do dinners and balls to raise money for players who were there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve put ticket prices up.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Premier League table since Ratcliffe&#8217;s arrival<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"figure--responsive-table carousel--interaction-disabled\">\n<table class=\"table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Pos<\/td>\n<td>Team<\/td>\n<td>Games<\/td>\n<td>Wins<\/td>\n<td>Draws<\/td>\n<td>Losses<\/td>\n<td>GF<\/td>\n<td>GA<\/td>\n<td>GD<\/td>\n<td>Pts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Arsenal<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>84<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<td>87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Liverpool<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>87<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Man City<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>91<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td>82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Chelsea<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>82<\/td>\n<td>56<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Newcastle<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>74<\/td>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Bournemouth<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Nottingham Forest<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>58<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Fulham<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Aston Villa<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td>66<\/td>\n<td>-7<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Crystal Palace<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>58<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Tottenham<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>71<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Brentford<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>64<\/td>\n<td>64<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Everton<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td>-9<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Brighton<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>-15<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Man United<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>38<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>17<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>50<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>59<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>-9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>45<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>West Ham<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>77<\/td>\n<td>-24<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Wolves<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>79<\/td>\n<td>-33<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">*Without promoted or relegated clubs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEvery single decision currently being made by that club, my club, has been the wrong decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein also pointed to the Ashworth debacle and how hundreds of people at the club have lost their jobs because of mistakes like this.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cYou\u2019ve got someone like Sir Jim Ratcliffe making people redundant who have been at the club years and years on the back of a \u00a37m mistake like Dan Ashworth. That\u2019s Ineos and Ratcliffe making mistakes so the normal person, football fan, who has been at the club all their life and has to leave their job because of someone like Sir Jim Ratcliffe making decisions that are costing the club \u00a37m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the back of those mistakes he has to put prices up. Everything at Manchester United is appallingly run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The money-saving drive off the pitch has not helped things on it either, since Ratcliffe took over there are only two teams who have picked up fewer points than United.<\/p>\n<p>New manager Amorim, who replaced Ten Hag in October, is struggling to even win a game.<\/p>\n<div id=\"bc-video-6369092616112\" class=\"brightcove\"><span class=\"article__bc_video-caption\">Gabby Agbonlahor blasts Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s first year at Manchester United as Alan Brazil lists the wrong doings<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Goldstein added: \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any light at the end of the tunnel. Not only are we appalling on the pitch, we\u2019ve got a new manager who has come into the club and some legends have come out and been negative to Amorim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are playing the worst football I\u2019ve ever seen, we\u2019ve got a manager who has come in who I\u2019m told is a good manager but I haven\u2019t seen anything yet to suggest it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single point towards Man United is negative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded: \u201cManchester United are in the worst place it has been in over 40 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Ratcliffe\u2019s defence, former Premier League striker Gabby Agbonlahor pointed to the huge transfer spending by Ten Hag that pre-dates Ineos\u2019 arrival at the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe start of the problem was Erik ten Hag. Look at some of his signings.\u201d Agbonlahor told talkSPORT.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"3\"><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Manchester United players applaud fans after a Premier League match.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" data-caption=\"United are set for their worst ever finish in the Premier League\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?w=335 335w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?w=480 480w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?w=620 620w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?w=670 670w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?w=960 960w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?w=1005 1005w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?w=1860 1860w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruno-fernandes-ayden-heaven-noussair-972606367.jpg?w=2480 2480w\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article__gallery-count-value\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\"><span class=\"article__media-span\">United are set for their worst ever finish in the Premier League<\/span><span class=\"article__credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTen Hag spent \u00a3600m, so that\u2019s part of the problem when Ineos came in to have that amount of money spent. There was no more money for transfers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe\u2019s cost-cutting measures show no sign of ending, but will be doing something about the decrepit Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>He wants to build a \u00a32billion \u2018Wembley of the North\u2019 that will hold around 100,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>It seems there will be plenty of bumps in the road before they are challenging for the Premier League title again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/2946999\/man-utd-sir-jim-ratcliffe-worst-run-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos\u2019 arrival at Manchester United heralded a new era that left fans dreaming of a return to the glory days. Fast forward a year and the club have slumped further into mediocrity with Ratcliffe joining the Glazer family in being a much maligned owner. 3 There has been a flurry of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[598,4512,15451,1828,110,56842,37541,4830],"class_list":{"0":"post-163750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups","8":"tag-erik-ten-hag","9":"tag-glazer-family","10":"tag-glazers","11":"tag-man-united","12":"tag-manchester-united","13":"tag-ratcliffe","14":"tag-ruben-amorim","15":"tag-sir-jim-ratcliffe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}