Who Sir Jim Ratcliffe has appointed at Manchester United so far as rebuild blueprint revealed
22.02.2024 - 08:27
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe has made lots of progress since taking the helm at Manchester United. The 71-year-old reached an agreement with the Glazer Family late last year to acquire a 25 per cent stake in the club, vowing to take the Red Devils back to the 'the very top of English, European and world football'.
While many supporters are expecting United to fork out millions on new players in the summer, Ratcliffe has insisted that the club must learn to walk again before they can run. Speaking to the BBC, the INEOS chairman said: "It has clearly been a difficult 11 years since Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill retired.
"It's not switching a light switch. It's not just a simple short-term fix. We have to walk to the right solution, not run to the wrong one. The short-term issue is we want to get into the Champions League.
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"It's a two-to-three-season challenge to get the organisation and environment right, to get the performances on the field right and win football matches. That involves the design and structure of the organisation being correct. In the last 11 years, Manchester United have had a lot of coaches and nobody has been very successful in that environment.
"That says to me there is something wrong with the environment. It is not constructive for me to blame anyone, it's just a fact. My focus is on how I change that environment to get the best out of the coach and squad."
Laying the foundations for such a seismic rebuild, Ratcliffe has forked out millions on revamping United's boardroom. Before being lured into the transfer market, he's