Jim Ratcliffe finds another outlet to take a swipe at Newcastle over Dan Ashworth - We love it
Manchester United's part-owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been speaking to Bloomberg about the task ahead of him trying to fix that broken club of his.
It seems that the INEOS owner didn't fully realise what he was getting himself in for when he bought into "The Biggest Club In The World".
A long time has passed since Manchester United could say they lived up to that title, and they've probably been surpassed by Real Madrid now anyway, but they've got to have something to cling on to.
In the interview with Bloomberg, Ratcliffe talks about the need for a change in culture at the club and it wasn't long before he was dragging Newcastle United through the mud.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe doesn't like rules that negatively affect him
Sir Jimothy seems to think that the rules don't apply to him (like paying taxes) so when a club (Newcastle) sticks by their guns - i.e. wanting what they deem to be fair compensation for them taking one of the key members of our staff - he gets the hump.
Instead of just paying up what he's been asked to, Ratcliffe is going on a world tour of the media to cry about how "unfair" Newcastle are being.
"One of the biggest issues in football which I have to say I wasn't fully prepared for is the gardening leave issue. Which is not something I bump into in the business world. I see absolutely no point in the gardening leave thing that they have in football. It just makes it difficult to change things with pace.
"Omar's [Berrada] on six months, Dan Ashworth is on one and a half years. Jason Wilcox, we had a very sensible conversation with Southampton, we managed to find a solution to that. Newcastle are just being very difficult and very awkward about Dan."
You could end it all right now, Jim
If only there was a simple solution to this, like, I don't know, for example, PAY THE MONEY, JIM!
In the meantime though, us Geordies will continue to bathe in your tears of unfathomable sadness. They keep us young.
Imagine being as rich as Sir Jim Ratcliffe and being that miserable.
