Figures that are not readily apparent that demonstrate why Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s proposal is essential for Manchester United

Transparency has been brought to light regarding Manchester United’s inefficiency in the transfer market.

Manchester United is in the process of undergoing change, but it is not known how much longer it will be before the club begins to show signs of recovery that are real and tangible.

There haven’t been many instances of a minority share in a football club being acquired, but Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s purchase of 27.7% of the club, which was validated in January, is one of the few instances that has occurred.

The reason for this is, of course, that Ratcliffe and his INEOS team have been given football authority as a result of the sale. The Glazer family, who are absent from the ownership of the company, appears to be more than glad to hand over that particular baton.

When Sir Alex Ferguson’s illustrious tenure came to an end in 2013, Manchester United won the Premier League title for the last time. This was the final season of Ferguson’s presidency.

Since that time, the club has had a number of different managers in charge of the team, including David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer, Ralf Rangnick, and recently Erik ten Hag. Aside from the odd bright moment here and there, it has been a case of rinse and repeat, where the club pivots from manager to manager and expects for a different outcome without addressing the fundamental cause of the problem why there has been such failure.

Even when Ferguson was back in charge of the sport, there has been an incalculable amount of change in football. For a considerable amount of time now, clubs have made investments in the process of putting the appropriate individuals in the appropriate positions behind the scenes in order to concentrate on the fundamental figures and facts when entering the transfer market. United has dabbled in it, but it has never been the identity of the club or a thread that can be drawn through regardless of who is in the hot seat. United has experimented with it.

One of the numerous things that the Glazers have failed to handle is the absence of a sporting director. Others have also failed to address this issue. It is something that Ratcliffe has been trying to accomplish as soon as possible, and it is anticipated that Dan Ashworth, the individual who had a significant role in Brighton & Hove Albion’s successful recruitment policy, would arrive from Newcastle United once a deal has been agreed upon. Omar Berrada, who was one of the individuals who contributed to the formation of Manchester City’s transfer strategy, was made the CEO of the club, which is another indication of what is to come.

Ten Hag is evidence that United’s recruitment approach has not evolved to keep up with the times it has been operating in.

The Dutchman has favored players that he is familiar with, with three of those players coming directly from the Eredivisie and several others having spent time playing at the highest level of Dutch football. It has been a situation in which the manager has been largely responsible for deciding transfer strategy, and while this was something that was frequently done a few years ago, it is no longer the way to achieve success.

It is common for managers to leave their positions, and when this happens, it results in the formation of a team consisting of players who were favored by previous managers and who are now being forced to work for a new manager. This cycle continues indefinitely.

It was given at the Financial Times Business of Football Summit in London last month, where the MEN were present, the data showed a breakdown of how much expenditure per minute the largest clubs had in terms of the productivity of their teams, and it gave insight into United’s misguided approach. The MEN were present at the summit.

It has been a long-standing practice for social media to utilize transfer spend as a yardstick to measure ambition. According to the majority of supporters in Merseyside, the fact that Liverpool’s transfer spending has been significantly lower than that of their competitors when they were owned by Fenway Sports Group is the most significant complaint they have against the owners. Nevertheless, Manchester United has spent a lot of money on the transfer market while the Glazers have been in charge, and the wage bill has also skyrocketed to enormous levels. Nevertheless, the lack of success has persisted throughout.

The statistics from the Financial Times indicated that the teams who had a well defined strategy spent less per minute on their players. This was primarily due to the fact that these clubs made better use of data to identify whether or not a player fits into a system and how prone they are to injuries. In the case of someone like Mohamed Salah, he has only infrequently been need to sit out of action for an extended period of time.

The data showed that Liverpool earned £4,524 per minute played, with the amount being based on the percentage of maximum minutes played by signings since the 2015–2016 season. Salah, Alisson Becker, and Virgil van Dijk were the players who proved to be the most successful, while Naby Keita and Christian Benteke were among the players who were not successful.

The amount of money spent by Arsenal per minute played was £5,410, while the amount spent by Manchester City per minute played was £6,927 compared to Arsenal’s spent. It is important to note that the plan Manchester City employs is to field a large squad consisting of players of world-class caliber across all positions. This is something that should be mentioned.

The ‘Big Six’ teams had the second highest average per minute played, with United coming in at £7,624 per minute played. Among the players who featured in the game, Andre Onana and Bruno Fernandes were the ones who achieved the highest percentage of success. However, there were a number of well-known players whose price versus playing time was far lower than the 50% threshold.

Donny van de Beek, Antony, Mason Mount, Memphis Depay, Alexis Sanchez, Jadon Sancho, and Paul Pogba were among the players who received a significant amount of attention among those who scored less than fifty percent. Big-ticket players who didn’t deliver much in terms of value in relation to the amount of time they spent on the field.

Given that Chelsea has spent a total of one billion pounds on players since being acquired by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, it should come as no surprise that they have spent a total of ten thousand eight hundred and one dollars every minute played. This is a figure that is more than twice as high as that of Liverpool, a club that Chelsea intends to overtake and hunt down in the years to come.

For United, the numbers demonstrate why Ratcliffe is so eager to address the wastefulness of the club in the market, and why he wants to waste as little time as possible in putting in place the individuals who can assist in achieving that objective.