Manchester United is change, Back to Ferguson's Club
Jim Ratcliffe, who will emerge as a new owner by purchasing a 25% stake in Manchester United, expressed his ambition to succeed by recruiting players in his country rather than recruiting foreign players.
Ratcliffe, the head of British chemical engineering and automobile company Ineos, will buy a quarter of the club's stake for 1.3 billion pounds about 2.13 trillion won, and Ratcliffe and Ineos will reportedly have full control over Manchester United's future.
The British media "Daily Mail" also announced the beginning of Ratcliffe's innovation, saying on the 1st , "Ratcliffe will begin a major overhaul and revision of the club's recruitment policy." According to the media, Ratcliffe has put forward a policy of recruiting his country's players ahead of foreign supply and demand.
This can be seen as a means of returning to the way Manchester United's legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson operates.
Ferguson was famous for not recruiting foreign players well, except for England players. In the 1998/99 season, when he became the first English club to win the treble, there were noticeably fewer non-British players in the entire squad. When selecting only players who played more than 20 games in the season, only six foreign players were goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel Denmark, central defenders Ronnie Jonsen Norway and Yaf Stam The Netherlands, defender Dennis Irwin Ireland, captain Roy Keane Ireland, and striker Dwight Yorke Trinidad and Tobago.
Ferguson is also a manager who has a reputation for cultivating English players. David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Gary and Phil Neville brothers, and Nicky Burt, who led Manchester United's golden age, are all English players and made their names in Ferguson's proud Class of 92.
However, since Ferguson stepped down as Manchester United manager in 2013, Manchester United have taken the opposite path to Ferguson's move. Many foreign star players hung their necks and British players neglected. United have recruited only seven English players in more than a decade since Ferguson's departure. Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire, Jadon Sancho, Mason Mount, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, and Johnny Evans.
It seems to be an attempt to root out Manchester United's recruitment policy. The Daily Mail claimed, "Ferguson seems to have been impressed by his immeasurable success with many British players." It is also said that it is a work to color more of Manchester United's players so that they can play as representatives of England.
The Korean English Premier League is famous for 'spreading' the value of its players. It has also been analyzed that many big clubs spend more money than clubs in other leagues.
The Daily Mail said, "The UK transfer market is highly inflationary," adding, "I think many Premier League clubs can supply and demand players at higher prices than overseas clubs."
In response, Ratcliffe is trying to stabilize his financial status by implementing a policy of recruiting British players first and at the same time support Ferguson's will.
Amid these suspicions, soccer media "TeamTalk" hinted at the wind of change, saying, "Ratcliffe's Manchester United is expected to drop 10 players" at the end of this month. Representative players who can move out include playmaker Christian Eriksen and Casemiro, who was active. 스포츠토토