Jim Ratcliffe has been vocal in the media over the past week with him discussing plans for Manchester United going forward, particularly with the new stadium.
In an interview with The Times, Ratcliffe has criticised the decision to appoint David Moyes as Sir Alex Ferguson’s replacement and Ed Woodward for David Gill.
Look, I like David Moyes, and I think he’s a really good manager, but to go from Sir Alex Ferguson to Moyes is not where I would have gone. Moyes stepped into the shoes of Ferguson, who’s won the Premier League 13 times, who won the Champions League twice and then you’re handing over to a guy that has never managed big players and had never won anything. He’s not necessarily got the personality to stand in front of them all. And I don’t think Real Madrid would have made that choice as coach. If you look at coaches, a club can’t always get it right, but they should have found the best chief executive in the world, and the best coach in the world, because Manchester United is the best club in the world. Instead they got both of those decisions wrong.
Ratcliffe also opened up on his relationship with Avram and Joel Glazer.
So, in my mind, we have a very professional partnership with the Glazer family. But have you met them? They’re really honest, and straightforward, not what you expect when you read about them in the press.
And they’re both passionate about Manchester United. I like them as people — to be honest, they could have given us a bloody hard time, couldn’t they, after we cocked up with Dan Ashworth and Erik ten Hag? Could have, but didn’t.
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