Andy Goldstein lists off why Manchester United are the worst run club in the country.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos’ 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.
The 72-year-old has been front and centre of decisions on and off the pitch - with the club seemingly going backwards.'Sort it out' - Angry Man United fans confront Sir Jim Ratcliffe outside Craven CottageEnded Sir Alex Ferguson’s ambassadorial role"Manchester United has become mediocre," Ratcliffe said in December. "It is supposed to be one of the best football clubs in the world. "We have to make some difficult and unpopular decisions. If you shy away from the difficult decisions, then nothing much is going to change." Despite Ratcliffe’s radical cost-saving drive, the club saw revenue drop by 12 per cent in the last financial quarter.Robin van Persie set to land new Champions League job and give Arsenal revenge opportunityI've faced Haaland and Isak but bit-part Premier League striker is my toughest opponent The club made an operating profit of £3.1m - down from £27.5m over the same period in 2023 - after spending £14.5m on the sackings of Ten Hag, his coaching staff, and Ashworth. 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.Ten Hag left United 14th in the table after a dismal start to the campaign - only for them to drop furthertalkSPORT host, and United fan, Andy Goldstein labelled the club as the worst run in the league. He told Drive: “I asked, is Manchester United the worst run club in the Premier League? Without a doubt the answer is yes.“On the back of that you’ve got 250 staff being made redundant, you’ve got question marks about another 100-200 pending redundancies at the club. “They’ve stopped things like Sir Alex Ferguson’s wage, they don’t do dinners and balls to raise money for players who were there.“Every single decision currently being made by that club, my club, has been the wrong decision.” Goldstein also pointed to the Ashworth debacle and how hundreds of people at the club have lost their jobs because of mistakes like this. He continued: “You’ve got someone like Sir Jim Ratcliffe making people redundant who have been at the club years and years on the back of a £7m mistake like Dan Ashworth. That’s 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 £7m. “On the back of those mistakes he has to put prices up. Everything at Manchester United is appallingly run.” 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.Gabby Agbonlahor blasts Sir Jim Ratcliffe's first year at Manchester United as Alan Brazil lists the wrong doings Goldstein added: “I don’t think there’s any light at the end of the tunnel. Not only are we appalling on the pitch, we’ve got a new manager who has come into the club and some legends have come out and been negative to Amorim. “We are playing the worst football I’ve ever seen, we’ve got a manager who has come in who I’m told is a good manager but I haven’t seen anything yet to suggest it.He concluded: “Manchester United are in the worst place it has been in over 40 years.” In Ratcliffe’s defence, former Premier League striker Gabby Agbonlahor pointed to the huge transfer spending by Ten Hag that pre-dates Ineos’ arrival at the club.“Ten Hag spent £600m, so that’s part of the problem when Ineos came in to have that amount of money spent. There was no more money for transfers.”I'm second-fastest man alive but want to play completely different sport at elite level It seems there will be plenty of bumps in the road before they are challenging for the Premier League title again.
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