Sir Jim Ratcliffe has rejected the thought of signing stars equivalent to Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe as he talks about his plans for Manchester United.
Ratcliffe took significant control of United’s operations after buying 1 / 4 of the club and becoming co-owner with the much-maligned Glazer family, in a deal that was finally confirmed last month. He quickly appointed cycling supremo Sir Dave Brailsford to conduct a full audit of the best way the club is run, and now the club is making key decisions to revive United’s fortunes.
“In terms of how to solve the problem, that’s what Dave and I will be most focused on,” Ratcliffe told The Geraint Thomas Cycling Club podcast. “We now after all have Omar Berrada, our recent CEO from Manchester City, who is still on gardening leave in the mean time. He’ll be an enormous a part of it. But it’s actually me and Dave, and we talk day-after-day… It’s never a brief conversation with Dave, is it?
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Thomas, who rides for Ratcliffe’s Ineos cycling team, cheekily proposed the thought of signing England and Real Madrid star Bellingham. However, Ratcliffe believes that spending huge sums on recent players is not the perfect approach.
“He’s a great player [but] That’s not what we’re focusing on. The solution is not to spend a lot of money on a few great players. They did that if you look at the last 10 years. The first thing we need to do is put the right people in the right boxes, manage and organize the club. We need to make sure we recruit properly, such an important part of running a football club is recruiting properly and finding new players.
Referring to the idea of signing a contract with Mbappe, who is to move from Paris Saint-Germain to Real Madrid this summer, he added: Next Mbappe, instead of spending a fortune to buy success. Buying Mbappe is not very smart, anyone could figure it out.
Ratcliffe also discussed the potential redevelopment of Old Trafford, setting out plans to build a “state-of-the-art” stadium that might accommodate as much as 100,000 spectators.
Credit : www.independent.co.uk
