Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has now taken swipes at INEOS for their management of the club so far.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe took over the Premier League side’s operations at the start of last year by purchasing his 27.7% stake.
Since then, Ratcliffe has made “some difficult and unpopular” decisions ranging from redundancies to funding contributions, all aimed at relieving the financial pressures of the club.
So far around 250 staff have been made redundant, Sir Alex Ferguson has been sacked from his role as the club’s global ambassador, concessions on ticket prices have been scrapped and cuts have been made to the club’s funding to several affiliated associations.
Whilst the UBS global investment fund has seen this as a positive, promoting buying United’s stock on the New York Stock Exchange, the decisions haven’t sat well with fans or former players.
Former United midfielder Paul Scholes has now spoken out, pulling no punches, about his thoughts on Ratcliffe’s leadership.
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Paul Scholes blasts INEOS’ Manchester United decisions
Speaking on The Overlap Fan Debate, Scholes criticised the decisions made by Ratcliffe’s management. The former midfielder commented: “[Ineos Group] have been in charge [of Manchester United] for nearly a year now and everything is still negative. I can’t think of something positive that they’ve done for the football club.”
He continued: “Things are getting worse on the football pitch so couldn’t they have just said that they’d do cheaper tickets – couldn’t they just give us something positive? How can you ask Manchester United fans to pay more money with what’s on the football pitch?
“£66 for a ticket is ridiculous. If you think of Manchester, there are so many deprived areas and Sir Jim Ratcliffe himself is from Failsworth, which is a deprived area. If you take one kid with you, that’s £120, if you take a family, you’re looking at £300-400 – it’s not right.
“Where do these owners get the front to put ticket prices up? For the value, we’re probably having our worst-ever Premier League season and they’ve got the cheek to put the prices up.
“There is nothing positive happening with that football club. The team look bang average. They’re not doing anything for fans.
“If we’ve got Sir Jim Ratcliffe, compared to all these American owners, who’s been a United fan since growing up in an area in Manchester, he’s still hiking prices up. It just shows that they don’t care.”
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