"They’re not doing anything for fans” - Paul Scholes attacks Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe with ‘they don’t care’ claim

Paul Scholes has slammed INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe for overcharging the Manchester United fans. He believes that the club does not care about the local fans as the prices have increased.

Speaking on The Overlap (via The Daily Mail), Scholes stated that Ratcliffe was forgetting his roots. He believes that they should not have increased the prices after a poor season, and it shows that they do not care about the fans when it comes to revenue. He said:

"£66 for a ticket is ridiculous. If you think of Manchester, there are so many deprived areas and Sir Jim Ratcliffe himself is from Failsworth, which is a deprived area. If you take one kid with you, that's £120, if you take a family, you're looking at £300-400 – it's not right. Where do these owners get the front to put ticket prices up? For the value, we're probably having our worst ever Premier League season and they've got the cheek to put the prices up."

"There is nothing positive happening with that football club. The team look bang average. They're not doing anything for fans. If we've got Sir Jim Ratcliffe, compared to all these American owners, who's been a United fan since growing up in an area in Manchester, he's still hiking prices up. It just shows that they don't care."

Manchester United finished 8th in the Premier League table last season with 60 points – 31 behind winners Manchester City. However, they managed to beat the Cityzens in the FA Cup final last season, which saw Erik ten Hag keep his job beyond the season, but he eventually got sacked in October.

"Can't think of something positive they have done" - Paul Scholes on Manchester United co-owners INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe

Paul Scholes has claimed that Manchester United have not improved on the pitch since the takeover happened in 2024 and believes that they have not done anything positive for the club. He believes that the fans cannot be forced to pay more money to watch football, which keeps getting worse. He said:

"[Ineos Group] have been in charge [of Man United] for nearly a year now and everything is still negative. I can't think of something positive that they've done for the football club. Things are getting worse on the football pitch so couldn't they have just said that they'd do cheaper tickets – couldn't they just give us something positive? How can you ask Manchester United fans to pay more money with what's on the football pitch?"

Manchester United are 13th in the league table this season and have won just one of their last five league games. They surprised Liverpool and managed to get a 2-2 draw at Anfield on Sunday (January 5).