Man Utd One Ashworth act ‘infuriated’ Ratcliffe as ‘unimpressive’ ex-director ‘lacked’ two things

Dan Ashworth’s comments about former Manchester United head coach Erik ten Hag ‘infuriated’ Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

At the start of this year, Ratcliffe purchased a minority stake in the Premier League giants to become a co-owner. He took control of footballing matters at Man Utd as part of this deal.

The British billionaire has had a busy few months as he’s move to appoint the best in class in various departments. He has overhauled their recruitment team and acquired sporting director Ashworth, technical director Jason Wilcox and chief executive Omar Berrada.

Ashworth left Premier League rivals Newcastle United to join Man Utd, who had to pay a compensation package of around £3m to secure his services.

Ratcliffe and Co. have had to make big decisions in recent months. They initially stuck with Ten Hag in the summer, but he was sacke at the end of October.

The Dutchman was fortunate to keep his job after Man Utd finished

Eighth in the Premier League last season. He was dismiss ufabet https://ufabet999.app after their disappointing 2-1 loss against West Ham left them 14th.

‘In early September the sporting director, who left the club on Sunday morning after less than five months in the role in a stunning development, gave an interview with chief executive Omar Berrada to a number of media outlets.

‘Within it, both point out that the decision to retain the Dutchman which end up backfiring spectacularly. Was not theirs and was taken prior to their arrivals.’

Insiders have disclosed that those comments subsequently went down ‘like a lead balloon’ with co-owner Ratcliffe, who appeared to set the record straight in his own interview a month later, with the club faltering badly and Ten Hag heading for the exit.

‘In an appearance on his yacht in Monaco, the billionaire petrochemicals magnate told the BBC that the decision on Ten Hag’s future was ‘not my call’ and when asked if he still had faith in the Ajax boss he added: ‘I don’t want to answer that question’.’