SIR JIM RATCLIFFE has launched a scathing attack on Manchester United’s squad, admitting some of the players “AREN’T GOOD ENOUGH.”
United are currently a shell of the club they were when legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson was at the Old Trafford helm.
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Over the years, the Red Devils have signed several high-profile players to extraordinarily lucrative contracts.
Several of those expensive signings have been a financial disaster, which Ratcliffe reckons a number of the club’s current players could be categorised as.
The INEOS chief told the BBC: “Some are not good enough and some probably are overpaid.
“But for us to mould the squad that we are fully responsible for, and accountable for, will take time.
“We’ve got this period of transformation where we move from the past to the future.”
“There are some great players in the squad as we know, the captain is a fabulous footballer.
“We definitely need Bruno Fernandes, he’s a fantastic footballer.”
Ratcliffe officially acquired a 25 per cent stake in Manchester United last February having agreed a deal with the Glazer family the previous December.
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And he was soon confronted by the fact the club still have outstanding payments they signed before he arrived at Old Trafford.
He said: “If you look at the players we are buying this summer, that we didn’t buy, we’re buying Antony.
“We’re buying Casemiro, we’re buying [Andre Onana, we’re buying Hojlund, we’re buying Sancho.
“These are all things from the past, whether we like it or not, we’ve inherited those things and have to sort that out.
“For [Jadon] Sancho, who now plays for Chelsea and we pay half his wages, we’re paying £17m to buy him in the summer.”
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