Since he became a minority owner at Manchester United, sir Jim Ratcliffe certainly didn‘t do what the minority owners (the Glazer family) have done since acquiring the club, and that is to take the money and be silent. On the contrary, the British billionaire, who is in charge of the whole sporting sector has been vocal and left no stones unturned in his idea of putting Manchester where he thinks it belongs – at the very top of the Premier League. He gain a lot of sympathies by criticizing the state he inherited and changing the complete sporting sector, from CEO to the sporting director. He finally got rid of Erik ten Hag, but he also made some moves which raised eyebrows among the fans. He sacked Dan Ashwort as the sports director just under five months after he paid two million pounds for him from Newcastle, and he also raised the ticket prices, which is always a hugely unpopular move. Also, he vowed to cut the costs at the club, but he also stepped on a few toes as well.Man United dismisses Sir Alex – paying him €28.5 million since his retirementApproximately 250 staff have been made redundant, credit card privileges have been revoked, and ambassador contracts like Sir Alex Ferguson’s have been terminated, which was a special shock to everybody. Also, the staff who kept their job at Old Trafford were surprised to find out that their usual benefit of a free ticket, travel, food, and accommodation would not be provided for the FA Cup final against Manchester City in May 2025. Instead, staff were required to pay 20 pounds for a coach trip to Wembley and received nothing more than the ticket. And that is where club‘s captain Bruno Fernandes tried to step in and help, before he got a surprise answer. According to The Athletic, these decisions totally surprised Fernandes. But when he saw that the situation is serious, he approached the club‘s executives in an attempt to cover all the costs which were denied to the employees from his own pocket. He was even more surprised when they rejected the idea, even thou they didn‘t have to pay any money from the club‘s accounts. United to sack 250 employees, Evans is worriedHe was so surprised that he approached executives and offered to cover all the usual extras from his own pocket. However, this proposal was rejected, with the club’s new leaders sticking to their plan.”We can’t run a business at a loss, which is where United have been in the last couple of years. If you are losing money you have to borrow from the bank to pay for the losses. Eventually that becomes unsustainable. I don’t want to end up in a position where the genuine local fans can’t afford to come but I do want to optimise the ticketing. We need to find a balance – and you can’t be popular all the time either. I don’t think it makes sense for a Manchester United ticket to cost less than a ticket to see Fulham” Rattclife explained in an interview for United We Stand magazine. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8593734##
