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Monday briefing: Ratcliffe says Manchester United are ‘mediocre’ amid plan to transform club

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9 December 2024 - 5:30 AM

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said Manchester United are no longer an “elite” club after becoming “mediocre” and believes he faces a big task to address the “inertia” at Old Trafford.

In an interview with fanzine United We Stand, the club’s co-owner criticised the “poor” recruitment at the club before he came in and took charge of football operations by claiming the club’s data analysis department is stuck in the last century.

“There is major change to come to achieve elite status,” he sa

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