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Sir Jim Ratcliffe reveals the one manager Manchester United should never have appointed
David Moyes succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager in 2013, but lasted just 10 months before being sacked and replaced by Louis van Gaal
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has dropped a bombshell by naming the one gaffer the Red Devils should've never signed on.
Since the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson hung up his boots in 2013 after bagging a 13th Premier League crown, a whopping 10 managers, including stand-ins and temps, have tried their luck in the Old Trafford dugout.
None have managed to hoist the club back to the top of English football. Now, with billionaire Ratcliffe calling the shots in football matters at United, he's banking on Ruben Amorim to turn the tide.
Ratcliffe helped chose the Portuguese as his first managerial pick post-Erik ten Hag's departure – the same Ten Hag he'd handed a four-year deal just last summer.
Earlier this week, the INEOS supremo owned up to goofing by giving Ten Hag extra time to show he was Mr. Right for the job, reports the Mirror. But the real clanger, according to Ratcliffe, was hiring Fergie's chosen successor: David Moyes.
"Look, I like David Moyes, and I think he's a really good manager, but to go from Sir Alex Ferguson to Moyes is not where I would have gone," Ratcliffe told The Times.
"Moyes stepped into the shoes of Ferguson, who's won the Premier League 13 times, who won the Champions League twice and then you're handing over to a guy that has never managed big players and had never won anything.
"He's not necessarily got the personality to stand in front of them all. And I don't think Real Madrid would have made that choice as coach."
"If you look at coaches, a club can't always get it right, but they should have found the best chief executive in the world, and the best coach in the world, because Manchester United is the best club in the world. Instead they got both of those decisions wrong."
The comments come as Manchester United are due to play Leicester City tomorrow evening.
Daily Star Sunday
David Moyes succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager in 2013, but lasted just 10 months before being sacked and replaced by Louis van Gaal
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has dropped a bombshell by naming the one gaffer the Red Devils should've never signed on.
Since the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson hung up his boots in 2013 after bagging a 13th Premier League crown, a whopping 10 managers, including stand-ins and temps, have tried their luck in the Old Trafford dugout.
None have managed to hoist the club back to the top of English football. Now, with billionaire Ratcliffe calling the shots in football matters at United, he's banking on Ruben Amorim to turn the tide.
Ratcliffe helped chose the Portuguese as his first managerial pick post-Erik ten Hag's departure – the same Ten Hag he'd handed a four-year deal just last summer.
Earlier this week, the INEOS supremo owned up to goofing by giving Ten Hag extra time to show he was Mr. Right for the job, reports the Mirror. But the real clanger, according to Ratcliffe, was hiring Fergie's chosen successor: David Moyes.
"Look, I like David Moyes, and I think he's a really good manager, but to go from Sir Alex Ferguson to Moyes is not where I would have gone," Ratcliffe told The Times.
"Moyes stepped into the shoes of Ferguson, who's won the Premier League 13 times, who won the Champions League twice and then you're handing over to a guy that has never managed big players and had never won anything.
"He's not necessarily got the personality to stand in front of them all. And I don't think Real Madrid would have made that choice as coach."
"If you look at coaches, a club can't always get it right, but they should have found the best chief executive in the world, and the best coach in the world, because Manchester United is the best club in the world. Instead they got both of those decisions wrong."
The comments come as Manchester United are due to play Leicester City tomorrow evening.
Daily Star Sunday