Council Cliffs Criticized Expensive Purchases Around Sancho: “Some Not Good Enough And Overpaid”

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Manchester United’s co -owner Jim Ratcliffe has criticized the past transfer policy of the Red Devils and targeted some players, including the former Dortmund Jadon Sancho (24), who is currently awarded to FC Chelsea. Leading the squad into a better future takes time, the donor emphasized.

“These are all things from the past, whether we like it or not, we have taken over these things and have to clarify it,” said Ratcliffe, according to “BBC”, when he highlighted several players, whose replacement the club is still off. Even if no newcomers were made in summer, you still have to “buy” midfielder Casemiro (33) and goalkeeper André Onana. Likewise, the 95 million access Antony (25) and Sancho awarded to Real Betis.

“For Sancho, who is now playing for Chelsea and for whom we pay half of his salary, we still pay £ 17 million this summer,” calculated rat cliffs. With the BVB, United had agreed a transfer fee of EUR 85 million in 2021, which was to be paid over several years. So far, Sancho has completed 83 games for United (12 goals, 6 assists) and was in the meantime back at BVB. Ratcliffe stated about the players mentioned: “Some are not good enough and some are probably overpaid, but it will take some time to form the squad for which we bear full responsibility.”

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“We are in a phase of the transformation in which we move from the past to the future,” said Ratcliffe. “As we know, there are some great players in the squad. The captain (Bruno Fernandes) is a great footballer. We definitely need Bruno, he is a fantastic footballer. “

His criticism of the squad also crowned Ratcliffe with a backing for the so far hardly successful coach Rúben Amorim. “When I look at the squad that Rúben is available, I think that it does a really good job. I think Rúben is an outstanding young coach. I really believe that. He is an excellent trainer and I think he will be there for a long time. “

After 28 games, United is only on the 14th place in the table-by far the weakest placement of the Red Devils since the foundation of Premier League. This season, 246 million euros were invested in new players. Over the last five seasons, the expenses for new professionals have added up to over 900 million euros-the third part of all Premier League clubs since 2020.