Manchester United with Ten Hag at the helm spent around £200 million on the summer transfer market. With this, the club has spent around £600 million on reinforcements on Erik ten Hag’s watch and bookings of players. Ruben Amorim has signed a contract and can’t change his mind about taking the Man United job, but we’re guessing the Portuguese got Ratcliffe’s own analysis of the squad Amorim will lead to the top.
In a completely different arena, Sir Jim Ratcliffe was asked about Manchester United. After INEOS Britannia lost to Emirates Team New Zealand in the Americas Cup, the United co-owner pointed out a parallel between what he had just seen and Manchester United.
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Reporter: “Is there anything you can take with you from the sailing to Manchester United?”
Ratcliffe: “I think it’s a little crossover, which is that you can’t win the Americas Cup unless you come to the Americas Cup with a boat that ‘could’ win the Americas Cup”.
“It’s the same in Formula 1. Max Verstappen in a Williams, he’s not going to win the Formula 1 championship. With football, it’s kind of the same with the squad. That’s the parallel for me – you can’t win anything in football if your squad isn’t good enough to win something. The quality of the squad is a bit like the speed of the boat. That’s the only parallel.”
You can’t win anything in football if your squad isn’t good enough.
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Several United supporters took the statement as a direct criticism of the level of the Manchester United players and posted messages on social media. Here are two:
Supporter: “If this is not a use of all the ‘wake-up calls’ of this squad, then they are dumber than I thought. When the owner of Man Utd’s football section comes out with this statement, you are on thin ice. “
Supporter: “Can’t get much more judgmental than that.”
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