Sir Jim Ratcliffe has come under fire amid the ongoing turmoil Manchester United are facing both on and off the pitch. Following the club's 2-1 defeat to West Ham , a result which left them languishing 14th in the Premier League table, manager Erik ten Hag is hanging on to his position by a slender thread. Off the pitch, matters are looking equally dismal.
Swathes of employees were axed earlier this year as part of Ratcliffe's austerity measures, and now the 72-year-old has refused to hire a plane to fly Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho, both of whom have been nominated for the Kopa Trophy, to the Ballon d'Or ceremony in Paris. As such, the club were forced to ask rivals Manchester City to let the players travel on their private plane - a request which City rejected . Speaking on talkSPORT , ex- Tottenham player Jamie O'Hara launched a scathing attack on Ratcliffe, lambasted the tycoon's actions, dubbing him "a joke" and criticising him for not living up to his grand promises.
"What is he doing? He's a disgrace," O'Hara fumed. "He came in, gave it the big spuds, he's this billionaire and he's gonna do this and do that..
. he's been a joke! All he’s done is get rid of 200 people, they’ve got to bring their own food in now, now he’s trying to penny pinch on a jet for his Ballon d’Or nominees. "Come on mate.
Give us a rest, will you? Don’t tell me you’re a billionaire and you’re going to do this and that. A massive loserville, that one." Since arriving at Old Tr.