The reporter reported coldlyOn Wednesday, the dust finally settled on the Manchester United takeover, which had been delayed for more than a year, when Sir Ratcliffe, the richest man in the United Kingdom, spent £1.3 billion to buy the 27. owned by the Glazer family7% stake in the overall takeover of Manchester United's sporting affairs. This could be a milestone moment for Manchester United and English football. Ratcliffe then paints a bright future for the long-standing Glazer family of Manchester United fans. Ratcliffe has pledged a three-year period to return to the top of English, European and world football in 2028 on the occasion of Manchester United's 150th anniversary. He will bring a new sporting management and club culture to the Red Devils, as well as kick-start the 'Wembley of the North' programme, which will put Old Trafford back on par with London's Wembley and re-establish itself as one of the best courses in Europe.
What will the "Red Devils" look like? In 3 months' time, maybe people will see a changed Manchester United. Just as the richest man in the United Kingdom has positioned the future of Old Trafford not to tinker but to build a new stadium in another place, his transformation of the club will also be a complete reshaping. In an interview with the Belgian "De Tijd", Ratcliffe stressed that the first step is to conduct a comprehensive and rigorous assessment and review of Manchester United's existing organizational structure related to sports affairs, and he believes that Manchester United's failure in the last 10 years is not a problem with the coach, but a big problem with the club's structure, especially the culture.
Ratcliffe said that Manchester United does not have a "culture of success" and that a complete reshuffle of the club's sports management structure has begun. In his opinion, "it is very important to create a positive, secure, friendly and high-quality club environment, which was missing before. It's only in this 'success culture' that the players can perform at their best. The new 'Red Devils' sports management team will have four key roles working together to create the environment he wants to see. The British "Daily Mail" believes that after Ratcliffe takes over, Manchester United's management structure will be divided into two, with the Glazer family mainly responsible for business and the Ratcliffe team taking over sports affairs. Sir Brailsford, INEOS Group's sporting director, and Jean Blank, sporting chief executive, occupy two seats on Manchester United's board of directors, at the very top of the sporting management structure of the 'Red Devils', ensuring that Rans has a voice. In addition, Ferguson and former CEO David Gill will serve as senior advisers, while Berada, who was poached from rivals Manchester City, will serve as CEO, juggling business and football affairs, becoming a combination of two management structures. Although Ashworth, who was poached from Newcastle United, has not yet been negotiated, there is basically no suspense. United may also poach director Wilcox from Southampton, who also worked for Manchester City and will work with Ashworth in the future to manage player recruitment and ** affairs. As for manager Erik ten Hag, at least for now, Ratcliffe has yet to make a final assessment of the Dutchman. The "Troika" of United's football structure of the future, together with two directors and advisers who are well-versed in top professional sports, will at least give Manchester United fans hope in the operation of a professional team.
With a restructuring of the sporting management structure and a complete upgrade of the Red Devils' software, Ratcliffe is hoping to put United on the road to a real revival through a radical overhaul of the management system. Ratcliffe has even bigger ambitions to bring Manchester United's 'hardware' back to the top of Europe, with a modern training centre in place and then he wants Old Trafford to become the 'Wembley of the North'. Rather than tinkering with the expansion plan, Ratcliffe wants to build a new 90,000-seat stadium next to the current Old Trafford stadium, making it a landmark football stadium on par with the Empire Stadium. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Ratcliffe said that "the time has come to build a national stadium in the north of England." He stressed that a new world-class stadium in the north of England that can host England, FA Cup and Champions League finals will be of great significance to bridging the gap between the north and the south of the country.
The project could cost between £1 billion and £2 billion, and the sooner it starts, the lower the cost. Gary Neville, who had previously lashed out at the Glazer family for allowing the Dream Theater to be dilapidated and poorly maintained, has been invited to join a special committee to oversee the new construction of the Dream Theater and the development of the old site and the surroundings of the new stadium. The new Old Trafford stadium project will not only double Manchester United's matchday revenues, but also benefit the area along the canals in Manchester, which was once the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution but is long gone. The capital of the Abu Dhabi Chieftain has given the industrial city of Manchester a new lease of life, and now it is up to Ratcliffe and Manchester United to bring the "red half" up to date. Wembley will be the core project and catalyst for the modernisation of Manchester's southern suburbs, re-establishing the north of England as a football metropolis to rival London. For Manchester United fans, Ratcliffe's arrival at least brings hope that the possibilities are endless.