- Ratcliffe has previously admitted that Marc Skinner's side is difficult to concentrate ”
- The billionaire fired Dan Ashworth, an ally of the team, in early December
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Jim Ratcliffe's commitment to the women's Manchester United team has again been questioned after it was revealed that the minority owner asked the former Katie Zelem club captain what he did when he gave him a tour of the team's facilities.
A year after the purchase of the Ineos billionaire of a 27.7 percent participation in the club, which since then has increased to 28.94 percent, there has been a growing discontent over the new regime, which have carried out a series of brutals Cost reduction measures against the backdrop of a performance drop in the male team.
Ratcliffe and his leadership team, which includes the sports director of INEOS, Sir Dave Brailsford, was subject to scrutiny for the clumsy dismissal of former manager Erik Ten Hag months after agreeing a new contract with The Dutchman, and the dismissal of the newly Acuited sports director Dan Ashworth after only five months months.
The Monaco -based entrepreneur has also been criticized for a perceived lack of interest in the female game, with Ratcliffe, choosing to attend a draw in the Premier League in Old Trafford last season instead of the final of the FA Cup, which, which He saw the team lift his first fa trophy of the cup in Wembley in May.
The 72 -year -old man does not agree with reports on these lines, stating in an interview last year that the perception of his disinterest was “slightly wrong.”
But a new report of Telegraph sport There seems to have been clouded with the revelation that Ratcliffe did not know that he was talking to his captain when he met Zelem in Carrington while the player gave him a tour.
Jim Ratcliffe has been the subject of scrutiny for his lack of interest in the female team of Man United
According to the reports, the owner of the party asked the captain of the Katie Zelem Club (center) what he does in United
Ratcliffe chose not to see the historical triumph of the team's Cup FA in Wembley last season
Zelem, as Ratcliffe, was born near Oldham and had been part of the club's women's configuration since the age of eight.
Last summer he saw the player leave the club to join American Side Angel City in Los Angeles.
Similarly, condemned was an idea of his dismissal as Ashworth, who was seen as an ally of the female game by Man United players during his short time in the club.
According to the reports, those in the configuration were “deflated” when Ashworth's dismissal was announced in December, and Ashworth thought it was “very passionate” on Marc Skinner's side.
It is not believed that Ratcliffe has had a single conversation with Ashworth about the women's team throughout his mandate.
During the summer, the women's team moved away from its facilities to temporary accommodation to give way to the side of men, which is currently undergoing their own renewal of £ 50 million of the training base.
And the previous Ratcliffe comments have had a similar air of the second best over them, with the United owner by calling the 'main' team and admitting that it was difficult to concentrate 'in the women's project.
However, under the ambitious project 150 of Man United, headed by Brailsford and called by the club's landscape anniversary in 2028, they are going on for the women's team to win their first female super lion's title.
The project, entitled Mission 1, echoes one for the male team, called Mission 21, which aims to ensure a title of the 21st League for the Ruben Amorim team.
Skinner players sit second in the classification this season, seven points behind the leaders of the Chelsea fugitive league.
