Since Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down as Manchester United manager in 2013, 10 men have been appointed as permanent or interim bosses
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has highlighted the one managerial appointment he believes the club got wrong.
Following Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure in 2013 after securing a 13th Premier League crown, ten different figures have taken the managerial reigns at Old Trafford in various capacities — permanent, caretaking, and interim — with all of them falling short of restoring United to the summit of English football.
As the new overseer of the club’s football operations, billionaire Ratcliffe wasted no time in bringing Portuguese Ruben Amorim on board as his first managerial hire, following the dismissal of Erik ten Hag, whom Ratcliffe had inherited and given a four-year deal only last summer.
Earlier this week, the INEOS head conceded that extending Ten Hag’s tenure was an error. Yet, he is convinced the gravest mistake was appointing Fergie’s supposed chosen successor, David Moyes.
“Look, I like David Moyes, and I think he’s a really good manager, but to go from Sir Alex Ferguson to Moyes is not where I would have gone,” Ratcliffe told The Times.
“Moyes stepped into the shoes of Ferguson, who’s won the Premier League 13 times, who won the Champions League twice and then you’re handing over to a guy that has never managed big players and had never won anything.
“He’s not necessarily got the personality to stand in front of them all. And I don’t think Real Madrid would have made that choice as coach. If you look at coaches, a club can’t always get it right, but they should have found the best chief executive in the world, and the best coach in the world, because Manchester United is the best club in the world. Instead they got both of those decisions wrong.”
2025-03-15 15:37:08
