Jim Ratcliffe
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Sep 11, 2026
Adrian DurhamHOST
True.
Angelina KellyHOST
They, I, I think that they, they could have signed a defender i- in the summer, but didn't because the issue that we've got, and we're seeing it with the men's side and the women's side, you know, Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to be stingy.
Angelina KellyHOST
So I do think that's another area of it, that it's not that, oh my God, there's, you know, as Sir Jim Ratcliffe was saying not that long ago, "Oh, the lights were gonna go out," you know, "We'll have no money." That's not the case.
Angelina KellyHOST
There is also an element of this where the, the owners are stingy.
Adrian DurhamHOST
I think the, I think that there's a, a way of running a football club.
Jack Pitt-BrookeHOST
On today's Libero, we talk about Manchester United ahead of the derby on Sunday.
Jack Pitt-BrookeHOST
We ask why they had such a quiet summer, why they were not at the table for players like Morgan Rogers and Elliot Anderson, and whether Sir Jim Ratcliffe's strategy is to win the Premier League or just to finish fifth.
Jack Pitt-BrookeHOST
My name is Jack Pitbrook and I'm joined by Rory Smith and John Viren on the podcast about the most important of the least important things, as Maurice Watkins once said.
John BrewinPANELIST
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John BrewinPANELIST
But no Manchester United with any measure o- o- of where the club are would suggest that they're contenders to win the Champions League, which go back to the Ferguson era, they were a contender every year for it for a long time, and should've won it more a- a- as, as he h- has admitted.
John BrewinPANELIST
And this is what I'm talking about with the existential idea of Manchester United is what's it for? What, what, what are the aims? And Carrick as manager i- is part of the wider picture.
John BrewinPANELIST
The wider picture will always eventually drill down to the Glazer family's ownership and the stewardship of, of, of Sir Jim Ratcliffe, which has not delivered the goals that, that the Manchester United fans want.
John BrewinPANELIST
And, and, and in the summer, Manchester United in this gold rush of a transfer market, Manchester United was something of a bystander.
JamieGUEST
Sorry, when I say current environment, I think Spurs' current position, I think that would be extremely challenging.
JamieGUEST
That would be a... probably be a multiple that is it's definitely higher than what Sir Jim played for us almost certain on an equity level it will be higher than what the new consortium at Liverpool paid I'm not sure you could justify that
Ed BarkerHOST
We didn't really talk about Liverpool much, although, I mean, they spunked 120 million on a forward they don't need, and not midfielders, which is an interesting choice there.
Ed BarkerHOST
We haven't seen downstream effects of the new consortium yet.
Scott SaundersHOST
However, I genuinely hate our owners and the entire board.
Scott SaundersHOST
The Glazers, Ineos, Jim Ratcliffe, Wilcox and Barada.
Scott SaundersHOST
Hate them all and what they do to our club.
Scott SaundersHOST
And look, Kieran, I get that completely.
Scott SaundersHOST
United have lost their way since that moment in 2013, where they have... where Alex Ferguson and David Gill left.
Scott SaundersHOST
And it is incredibly, incredibly frustrating and upsetting to see how United have struggled for so many years since then.
Scott SaundersHOST
But what I do try and say is, while I understand how people do bunch Ineos and the Glazers together, I do want to try and maintain, even while I'm frustrated at the moment with some results that have happened and maybe the end of the transfer window as well, I do think that Ineos, Jim Ratcliffe, Jason Wilcox and Omar Barada, they have made some bad decisions and I understand why they get the same amount of hate, but they are willingly...
Scott SaundersHOST
And they have willingly come into Manchester United and taken over the footballing side of the operation in order to put it right.
Chad WilliamsHOST
Yeah
Ellie MollosonGUEST
... and all like Jim Ratcliffe, like, "Yeah, let me make people redundant or take away people's bonuses" And then you've got Marinakis who will literally do whatever it takes for the club, and he's not even a Forest fan.
Ellie MollosonGUEST
He's an Olympiacos fan that just felt like buying another club.
Ellie MollosonGUEST
But he still cares so much.
Trev DowneyHOST
Well, if he's not that good, a couple of questions to go back to 2023 before he came back.
Trev DowneyHOST
If he's not that good, why did Manchester United make him an offer to be their sporting director? He was the one that Jim Ratcliffe wanted.
Trev DowneyHOST
Yeah.
Trev DowneyHOST
Why did Chelsea make him the same offer? And in fact, a little bit, which is sad, Chelsea had to settle for, if you remember the name, Dave Fallows, who used to be one of the FSG people because they couldn't get Julian Ward.
Kieran MaguireHOST
If you read some of the reports, I know that Adam's an Everton fan.
Kieran MaguireHOST
We've seen the amount of money that was paid by the INEOS and Ratcliffe to acquire a stake in Manchester United.
Kieran MaguireHOST
You've just got to look at the huge increase in the value of clubs.
Kieran MaguireHOST
It's in the interests of owners.
Pete SmithGUEST
The stadium that's being built.
Pete SmithGUEST
We know about the, sort of the cost-cutting that Ratcliffe did when he came in as well to sort of trim the fat around-
Pete GravesHOST
Mm
Pete SmithGUEST
... around the edges there.
LaurenGUEST
They had the same manager for five years and they've got a new one and they haven't...
LaurenGUEST
Jim Ratcliffe and any of us don't really see any value in women's football really, so...
LaurenGUEST
United fans of the women's team are going through a tough time because they just haven't really had the investment that you would expect.
LaurenGUEST
So I think there's an opportunity for us to leapfrog them.
NikHOST
I don't totally buy that.
NikHOST
I think Jim Ratcliffe does a lot of saying we've got no money, which is not actually true.
NikHOST
I just think he's a tight bastard, basically, and he doesn't want to spend it.
EdHOST
Yeah, well, that, that's the impression I get, especially considering last summer that we, we, we said, "Oh, we've only got X amount to spend," and then suddenly we found the money to buy Sesko.
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EdHOST
Yeah
NikHOST
... that kind of big three, and now it just looks, feels like we're going backwards.
NikHOST
And as far as Ineos and Jim Ratcliffe, they don't really give a shit, do they?
EdHOST
No.
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