Former Premier League striker Gary Lineker has delivered a scathing assessment of Manchester United’s ownership group of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazers.
Miserable start
United are enduring a tough start to the season, which has sparked concerns among supporters.
Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Fulham means that the Red Devils have won just one game this season and boast a measly five points from five.
The result at Craven Cottage made it United’s joint-lowest points return after five matches in the Premier League and means they will spend the international break in the bottom half of the table.
After the final whistle, Michael Carrick bizarrely rejected any suggestions that the team performance was uninspiring and lethargic. He stressed that he was happy with the energy of his players, despite stats clearly showing that United work the least out of possession among Premier League teams.
Speaking on The Rest is Football podcast, Lineker aimed squarely at the Glazers and Ratcliffe, insisting they are the true architects of United’s decline.
Lineker was particularly critical of Ratcliffe in the aftermath of the INEOS chairman’s most recent controversial views regarding the immigration issue in the UK.
Ruthless Lineker
The former England international remarked, “I look at Man United and I see problems coming down from the top.”
“I must congratulate the Glazers on finding someone even worse than them that they can blame and getting him in there and getting all the stick: Jim Ratcliffe.”
“I don’t think he’s a particularly pleasant human being and it’s a bit of shambles of a football club the way it’s being run at the moment. So, well done to the Glazers on that one, deflecting everything away from them!”
Lineker added, “It is a bit of a mess that club. You’ve got a ground that’s falling apart, all sorts of complaints about various things. They’re losing young teenagers, it looks like that [Gabriel leaving] is going to happen.”
“The results, the inconsistency seems to be back. They have backed the manager lots of times and it’s not worked for them but there’s got to be something dripping down from the top.”
United are next in action on 10 October when they host Tottenham Hotspur.
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