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The Glazers sold 25% of their stake in Manchester United to Sir Jim Ratcliffe last December.
In this deal, INEOS Sport assumed control over football operations at the club.
For fans, a large point of contention during the Glazers’ reign was their lack of engagement with fans and their approach to running United.
That is, many believe the family saw the club as a pure business operation, with little concern about the core values underpinning it.
Fans felt neglected, Old Trafford became derelict and any money that went back into United came solely from profits; never out of the Glazers’ pockets.
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With a rough start to life in the INEOS era, Erik ten Hag’s future as manager rests on a knife edge.
United’s new owenrship have expressed nothing but support for the Dutchman in public.
However, two private committee meetings have been held this week and his sacking looks a real possiblity.
In a rare interaction with United fans, Joel Glazer spoke face-to-face with some supporters this week and addressed issues surrounding the club and Ten Hag.
The Athletic’s Andy Mitten spoke on the Talk of the Devils podcast this week and revealed this information.
“I think you’re right, Laurie, about Joel Glazer. That is the first time he has sat face-to-face with with Manchester United fans, because he called in on Zoom last time.”
“So that is significant, and what’s happening now, I mean, I feel like my anger came across in the podcast a week ago. I think I’ve gone through that stage now. I wouldn’t say that I’m resigned, but I didn’t expect United to win at Villa”, he said.
“But then the game starts, and you go on, go on, and it’s not a bad result, 0-0 against Aston Villa. But, it’s under this huge cloud at the moment of a really poor start to the season, poor results, uncertainty around the manager.”
“The fans, I think there’s very, very little support for Erik ten Hag”, Mitten reported.
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The Glazers have often failed to garner support for managers during their reign at United.
Whether you are Ten Hag in or out, the notion expressed by Sir Jim that they will not adopt a ‘chop and change’ approach to managers is a positive one.
The new ownership are building a long-term project at United and want revolutionise its structure from top to bottom.
Whether Ten Hag will head this project on the field remains unknown.
However, it is clear that Sir Jim and INEOS will not be taking such a reactionary approach like the Glazers.
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