Matt Allen

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.