Only time will tell whether the Ineos gang will turn things around, but they are starting to get things done, and making much needed changes at the top.
Current Manchester United interim CEO Patrick Stewart is set to leave the club at the end of the season by mutual consent. Former Juventus chief Jean-Claude Blanc, the head of INEOS Sport, will act as interim CEO with until Omar Berrada joins the club from Manchester City on July 13. It has also been announced that chief financial officer Cliff Batty will also exit in this summer, to be replaced by Roger Bell. Stewart had stepped into the position of interim CEO after Richard Arnold's exit in December and leaves United after 18 years in multiple roles. Baty has been chief financial officer since 2016. Berrada's forthcoming arrival was announced in January. Sir Jim Ratcliffe said: “I would like to personally thank both Patrick and Cliff for their support in helping us get to know the club and making us feel welcome and I respect their decisions to now move on as we establish a new management team for the club.” Joel Glazer added: “I would like to thank Patrick and Cliff for their dedicated service to Manchester United and wish them well for the future. Both have been a source of invaluable advice and expertise over many years, and Patrick has served an important role as interim CEO during this transitional phase.” This move follows the appointment of Jason Wilcox as technical director as John Murtough steps down from his role as football director. United are furthermore chasing Newcastle United sporting director Dan Ashworth, who has been put on gardening leave by his employers. Man Utd announce major change as Sir Jim Ratcliffe rebuild continues
Manchester United players for sale: How much is the squad worth? - BBC Sport mancs are looking to sell anyone and maybe everyone yet that report reckons it is "worth" £846m!! in fairness Maguire at £14m may be realistic, but look like saudi league prices some of them. Not sure how Wan-Bissaka is only £10m at 26 and Onana as keeper and 28 is "worth" £53m.... and not convinced anyone would pay £106m for Rash and £93m for Hojlund, or indeed £63m, £61m and £46m respectively for Antony, Dalot and McTominay and no I'm not just out to knock all things manc, if the names were Liverpool players and similar overpricing I'd say much the same eg if Elliott were valued at £92m (and I'm not suggesting he is as good as Garnacho, given the choice I'd take Garnacho for similar prices) Eriksen at £7m seems a bit low even at 32, not sure if contracts are factored in but unless they mostly have 3+ years left can't imagine it is
Obviously these players are worth whatever someone is willing to pay for them, but I agree that those figures are absurd. Somebody might be daft enough to pay 3 figures for Rashford, purely because he's an established striker but there would have been a better chance of that last summer when he'd scored 30+ goals. The others . . .
I don't know what assumptions the CIES make in their valuations, but I agree that they are too optimistic and not very accurate. The BBC article is badly written and should have published the Transfermarkt value, instead of just adding selective comments. As already mentioned, transfer values are subjective, but I think the Transfermarkt are more reasonable. Manchester United - Club profile Not doubt, we have lost value on a lot of our player, but there are some opportunities to raise some money should any club be willing to make good offers for our more valuable assets.
Even getting rid of players on a free helps. If a player on 100k a week leaves, that's 5m a year we suddenly have extra.
