Manchester United co -owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe revealed that his club “completely missed the data revolution” in football, and the employment relies completely on the technical director of Jason Wilcox.
Ratcliffe’s damn verdict of the club department for analytics comes hot for the last transfer of the club as Chelsea abolished United’s long -term goal Sporting CP -ova Geovany Quenda.
This concrete wrong step was more of a question of negotiations, not identification, but there is no lack of examples when it comes to the great record of the club on the transfer market. As his part Surprisingly passionate defense About the Glazer family, Ratcliffe blamed the former United main executive executives for a tortured approach in the off -season.
“The biggest connection between success and money,” United’s minority share said Times. “But then Manchester United broke the mold because they spent so badly.”
“United completely missed the data revolution,” Ratcliffe continued, “which Brighton and Brentford did not, which is not even Liverpool. Liverpool analyzed data between 2012 and 2023.
“Graham was a forerunner and United Missed, “Ratcliffe continued.” We are still missing because we still do not have an analysis of the United data. “
Dan Ashworth was away from Newcastle United in Great cost Serve as a United sports director before he immediately split with the club five months later because of what Ratcliffe described as a question of “chemistry”. Jason Wilcox remains at the forefront in the increasingly comprehensive role.
“All we have are Jason’s eyes,” Ratcliffe hoarsely. “And Jason, for me, is a guy on a coal face. He was running the Academy in Manchester City. Txiki Begiristain, I know, he thought Jason had the best eyes in the club.”
Ratcliffe was full of praise for Wilcox’s scouting capabilities and his strong employment with Chief Coach Ruben Amorim, but he rightly emphasized the impossible demands for setting up the whole club employment Strategy directly on the shoulder of a mortal man. “What he can’t do is watch every match,” the co -owner sighed.
“And that computer works. The computer can watch every game every player played in every league every year when they ever played football. So you have to marry two parts of the data, and then something tells you. And that is what is what is it and that is that Brighton And Brentford did it. And it is also much easier to spot the younger talent because the computer does it. Jason can tell you every good 21-year-old, but not every good 16-year-old. “
Instead of expanding their employment department, United is subjected Extreme and very controversial staff cuts In all aspects of the club. “This is our unpleasant year, when we have to make all those who are not particularly beautiful decisions, letting people, such things,” Ratcliffe shrugged. “All this will be done in the summer, and then it is a job.
“You can have a fantastic stadium, but if you have no employment right, you will not win football matches.”
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