🚨 NEW: Sources say the handling of the almost 500 job cuts clashed with Joel’s “sense of decency and old-fashioned values.” Joel was once far more hands-on: he spoke to then-executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward several times a day, personally signed off on trivial expenses such as paint orders for Old Trafford’s maintenance team, and vetoed staff furlough plans during Covid so employees stayed on full pay. He has not attended a game at Old Trafford since the Barcelona Champions League match in April 2019. The Glazers also control the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. [@MarkOgden_]

🚨 | BREAKING: INEOS have put Swiss Super League side FC Lausanne-Sport up for sale. [@mjshrimper]

Am I the only one who couldn’t care less who the next manager is? Conte, Nagelsmann, Howe… it will all come crashing down in the end. Some will last longer than others and maybe achieve a bit more, but it will all end the same.

What INEOS have done at #mufc in less than THREE YEARS. It’s actually scary: • Publicly explored replacing Ten Hag, then kept him and extended his contract. • Spent around £200m that summer, only to sack him three months later. • Spent millions securing Dan Ashworth after months of negotiations, only for him to leave five months into the job due to him not being on board with Amorim replacement due to huge change in playing style amid reports. • Backed Amorim after finishing 15th, then sacked him following a reported breakdown in relations with the hierarchy. Where was that decisiveness over performances? • Ratcliffe publicly said Amorim needed three years in October. He was gone by January. • Retained Matt Hargreaves to lead transfer negotiations, yet we’re still questioning why moving players on and completing deals is so difficult. Hargreaves was working in sports marketing before this role. • Said Carrick was an interim appointment while they took their time finding the right long-term manager. Then gave Carrick the job, reportedly against Vivell’s advice. • Left Carrick going into a Champions League season without signing a left-back or providing adequate squad depth. Now we’re discussing his replacement in OCTOBER. • If Carrick goes, his replacement will be the fourth permanent manager to work under INEOS in less than three years. • Wilcox could get another say in choosing the manager despite his role in the decisions that brought us here. He reportedly wants Eddie Howe. Imagine still having Dan Ashworth… • Ratcliffe identified constant managerial changes and switches in playing style as United’s problem in February 2024. Said the club needed an identity and recruitment to match. They’ve repeated the exact cycle he criticised. • Sold McTominay and signed Ugarte despite reports Ten Hag wanted to keep McTominay. • Moved the women’s team into temporary facilities so the men could use their building during Carrington renovations. • Ratcliffe reportedly asked Katie Zelem, the women’s captain at the time, who she was and what she did at the club. • Made hundreds of staff redundant while spending millions reversing their own decisions on managers and executives. • Raised remaining members’ match tickets to £66 midway through 2024/25, removing concessions for children and pensioners on those tickets. • Moved longstanding season-ticket holders out of their seats to make room for more corporate hospitality. • Scrapped free staff lunches, reduced bonuses and removed free staff travel to the FA Cup final. • Cancelled the staff Christmas party and reportedly replaced the £100 Christmas bonus with a £40 M&S voucher.