Sir Jim Ratcliffe should be ashamed at how he is running Manchester United and treating Michael Carrick

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“Best in class”? You’ve got to be joking, Jim. INEOS’s running of Man Utd has been a calamitous mess

“Best in class”? You’ve got to be joking, Jim. INEOS’s running of Man Utd has been a calamitous mess

As the latest Manchester United embarrassment meanders towards an inevitable conclusion, Sir Jim Ratcliffe can comfort himself in the knowledge that he has got some things right.

In an interview with BBC Sport last year, Ratcliffe admitted: “I recognise I’m unpopular at the moment. I’m prepared to be and can deal with being unpopular for a period of time.”

So far, so good. When you run a football club as badly as INEOS have done, thick skin is essential.

“Manchester United has come off the rails and we need to get it back on the rails,” Ratcliffe continued. Again, all correct for now.

“I believe that what we’re doing will put it back on the rails and we’ll finish up being where Liverpool or Real Madrid are today.”

For all this shambolic process has been entirely in keeping with how the club’s hierarchy operate, it is a shameful way to treat Carrick

Try not to laugh. Fast forward a year and United are spending the November international break in the relegation zone. It is their lowest position in the league after ten matches for 40 years.

It was INEOS who put forward Mission 21, the plan to deliver United a 21st league title by 2028 to mark the club’s 150th anniversary. Would winning the Championship count?

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