The Sir Jim Ratcliffe Era

That’s the problem these days players are greedy and put money before playing, but that’s down to the muppets we had on the board offering these rediculous contracts.
 
Varane, Martial and Van De Beek all gone so they've made a bit of a start.

Others will be more difficult but that's football every top club has got these players that they can't shift.
 
Brandon Williams and Kambwala too. Along with a few youth players.

The squad is definitely shrinking. We've received £42m and the wage has probably gone down just under a mil.
 
A lot of it was easy wins with player contracts expiring but this is what it will take as players on amazing deals that they can't get anywhere else aren't always motivated to move.

Even if they want to move the club can't just write off the transfer fee due to FFP so players do just end up being stuck.

The big change that hopefully happens is no new signing should ever be put straight into the top 5 earners on the wage bill. The 5 best paid players at the club should be players who've renewed deals and delivered for Utd to earn those spots.
 
Mr C said:
thats a good one, I can't really put down players out of contract to the new board.
Click to expand...

I think the record of the previous board was these players would get new contracts especially someone like Varane.

I do think the previous board had started to harden a little bit on that front as last summer they let De Gea leave.
 
To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.



This is what Ineos are having to deal with.
 
Pretty sure you can knock 20% off all those numbers for this season because of the clause that relates to champions league football that goes into all player contracts.

Also, only 1 of those contracts is on Sir Jim's watch which is Yoro which on paper looks like a pretty sensible deal.

Also, last season that list also included Varane and Martial who were both massive earners so it's a sign that things are heading in the right direction. Season before that we took Ronaldo and De Gea off the wage bill too.
 
Yes heading in the right direction now under Jim I`m just pointing out how bad the previous board were and i`ll do it at every available opportunity.
 
6 of that top 10 should be nowhere near there. 5 of them aren't even starters.

But it looks better than it would have done this time last year with Martial up there.
 
Remember a few years back we had the highest wage bill in Europe from memory that was Ole's final season it's dropped off big time since then but as you say there's still a few on there that just don't stack up.

With the exception of bruno none of that top 10 were worth those wages last season.
 
To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.
 
Mr C said:
too many chiefs?
Click to expand...
This is a multi, multi million pound business that went totally off the rails through having weak and underqualified management at the top who did not understand 'the business' at all. All Ratcliffe is doing is imposing a business model that all large conglomerates use if they're sensible - hire the best and get rid of the deadwood.

What he has done in a relatively short time is stunning.
 
Dickens Cider said:
This is a multi, multi million pound business that went totally off the rails through having weak and underqualified management at the top who did not understand 'the business' at all. All Ratcliffe is doing is imposing a business model that all large conglomerates use if they're sensible - hire the best and get rid of the deadwood.

What he has done in a relatively short time is stunning.
Click to expand...
Precisely.
 
The business side, is done by the Glazers, his is the football side.

That box on Sunday vs Liverpool was pretty full, a lot of ego's to clash. I'm not saying they aren't needed, I have no idea of course, it was just a question. There does seem like a lot of big wigs
 
As long as everyone knows their roles and works together there won't be a problem.

It's a short term appointment to the end of the season. I wonder if it's partly linked to the refurb work at the training ground? I suspect part of this is linked to that making sure the training ground is setup with the best equipment, staff and knowledge that allows our players to reach peak performance every single week.

If this guy is an expert in that then get him in because that place in the true heart beat of the club on the pitch and it's great that the club is finally investing big money in it and getting the right people in to set it up as one of the best around.

No more cracked pool tiles ;)
 
Just announced with immediate effect all members tickets will now be priced at £66.

No more concessions for juniors or over 65s

Some tickets have more than doubled in price
 
It may only be for the remaining games of this season and the club are claiming 97% of the tickets for this seasons games are already sold so on paper you wonder how big an impact it can have on the clubs figures.

Fan groups are looking at organising a protest with Everton fans ahead of the game this weekend.
 
Latest financials don't make good reading.

Club current debt is £714m
They also owe £414m for transfers we are owed £94m for sales.
Commercial revenue has dropped by 5%
Broadcast revenue down 20% (no champions League)

Also, revealed it cost the club £10m to pay off ETH and his staff and £11m to bring in Amorim and his staff.
 
jsp said:
Latest financials don't make good reading.

Club current debt is £714m
They also owe £414m for transfers we are owed £94m for sales.
Commercial revenue has dropped by 5%
Broadcast revenue down 20% (no champions League)

Also, revealed it cost the club £10m to pay off ETH and his staff and £11m to bring in Amorim and his staff.
Click to expand...
No Champions league has a very big impact on revenue that’s why top 4 is a must, some are still too thick to grasp this though. Commercial revenue also affected for the same reasons, relative failure.
A couple of domestic cups don’t cut it unfortunately.
 
JammyRed said:
No Champions league has a very big impact on revenue that’s why top 4 is a must, some are still too thick to grasp this though. Commercial revenue also affected for the same reasons, relative failure.
A couple of domestic cups don’t cut it unfortunately.
Click to expand...
Can't all be as clever as you mate

Stop baiting ffs
 
JammyRed said:
No Champions league has a very big impact on revenue that’s why top 4 is a must, some are still too thick to grasp this though. Commercial revenue also affected for the same reasons, relative failure.
A couple of domestic cups don’t cut it unfortunately.
Click to expand...

The club has provisions within the player contracts to reduce wages when they don't qualify for the Champions League and I suspect potential add ons in transfer deals are often contingent on CL qualification so the liability there reduces when we don't qualify.

This season there was a big boost in CL income for as the new format brings a bigger TV pot.

It's going to have a cumulative impact missing 1 year you can probably weather that storm but if we miss 2 years in a row it's a very long way back without the owners dipping into their own pockets which we know isn't going to happen.

This new lot are clearly worried as they're cost cutting wherever they can and they're squeezing fans on the tickets now but if they don't get one of those CL spots next season their chances of "recovery" will be hit hard. The money available this summer will be massively hit.
 
It would be good if we could not have another thread closed.

Can't you two block each other?

The Rashford closing is a real disappointment as it is a good debate to be had.

jsp said:
This new lot are clearly worried as they're cost cutting wherever they can and they're squeezing fans on the tickets now but if they don't get one of those CL spots next season their chances of "recovery" will be hit hard. The money available this summer will be massively hit.
Click to expand...
Indeed, top 4 is a must. There are not many assets to sell in this squad to generate transfer fee's. Need to give City a call for advice.
 
Mr C said:
Can't you two block each other?
Click to expand...
The block function unfortunately is quite poor as it still allows them to see your post and comment on it. Should be able to just make it so they can't see you as well. You also still see post of theirs that people react to.

Makes it rather pointless.
 
Honeymoon period over it seems

Had sad saps outside Okld Trafford yesterday, flares in hand, singing an updated version of build a bonfire

Glazers on the Top
Ratcliffe in the Middle
And burn the beeping lot

Stay classy guys, hope you got all the attention you crave .... :rolleyes:
 

Login or Register

Forgot your password?
Don't have an account? Register now
or Log in using
Back
Top