Premier League’s ‘big six’ do not hold enough sway on how the division is run - Sir Jim Ratcliffe

[davieG]

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-utd-leicester-jim-ratcliffe-9377681

 

Man United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe fires warning amid Leicester City promotion
New Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe wants leading clubs to have more influence in how the Premier League operates

ByPeter Smith
16:30, 29 JUN 2024
Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Calling the shots... United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe

New Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe has suggested the Premier League’s ‘big six’ do not hold enough sway on how the division is run in a warning that might struggle to gain sympathy from neutrals.

The billionaire minority stake holder, who oversees the football side of the operation at Man Utd, has told Bloomberg that “the six clubs who drive interest in the league” should have more influence than clubs like Leicester City or Nottingham Forest.

“I don’t think I have enough experience in understanding quite how Premier League works yet,” he said. “I mean, I think everybody has an equal vote and there used to be, I believe, as was explained to me, there used to be a sort of coalition of the six major clubs who would have a certain level of influence in the Premiership. But that broke down after the Super club, you know, the European Super Club Initiative.

 

“And I think they need to be careful that the top six clubs are not disadvantaged because they don’t sort of get a reasonably strong say in the committee. Because at the end of the day it’s those top six or seven clubs that drive the Premiership, and that’s what the world’s interested in.”

Ratcliffe completed his purchase of 27.7 per cent of Man Utd in February and is tasked with turning the club into trophy winners again.

Man Utd have a net spend, by his own calculations, of £1.1 billion in the 10 seasons after Sir Alex Ferguson left and he doesn’t want any Financial Fair Play rules or independent regulator – intended to safeguard the future of football and clubs in England – to interfere with his plans.

“I just think the Premiership needs to be careful it doesn’t get itself into an endless legal wrangle with lots and lots of clubs,” he said.

“Because, at the end of the day, the Premiership is probably the most successful sporting league in the world – certainly the most successful football league in the world – and we have this expression in the north of England: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

“If you start interfering too much, bringing too much regulation in, then you finish up with the Manchester City issue, the Everton issue, the Nottingham Forest issue, and on and on and on. And if you’re not careful the Premiership is going to finish up spending more time in court than it is thinking about what’s good for the league.

“We’ve got the best league in the world. Don’t ruin that league, for heaven’s sake.”

 

[JR99]

Hey Jim, let's look down the list of PL winners and see who we hit first... what an arse

[Spiritwalker]

If you don’t like it take your greedy 6 club and fck off.

[lookwhaticando]

Oh heaven forbid the “big six” should be disadvantaged. 
 

Fork right orf and take the rest of them with you. Tosser. 

[davieG]

it's just another way of saying 'We don't want too many Leicesters'

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

Bell- wait for it-end.

[Nalis]

We've won the league more recently than 3 of the 'big six'.

 

Couldn't give a fvck if they formed their little super league

[winteriscoming]

Basically what he’s saying is don’t look into what Man Utd are doing. And they won’t. 

[Nalis]

He's a business man at the end of the day. He wants to protect his investment and he knows the only way to do that is by giving the club more power via shitty notions like this.

[davieG]

2 minutes ago, Nalis said:

We've won the league more recently than 3 of the 'big six'.

 

Couldn't give a fvck if they formed their little super league

....and that's what is pissing him off, maybe he should concentrate on all the expensive shite they bought it was plenty enough for them to have won the league. 

[MrsJohnMurphy]

He really doesn't get it does he, the reason the Prem is so popular is not because of the "big 6" but because it's so much more competitive than any other league. On any given day the bottom club can beat the team at the top

Edited 29 June 2024 by MrsJohnMurphy

[Claudio Fannieri]

Ar53holes like this are ruining the game and killing. my love of football, it’s becoming a closed shop and the perceived big 6 are desperate to protect their position as more and more of the less fashionable clubs become more and more innovative and find ways to be competitive. 
 

I tell you what Jim, if you want to stay as a top 6 club, stop being lazy trying to influence the decision making that cuts the smaller competition off at their knees and concentrate on making your club the best on class on merit. Tvvatt 

[Paninistickers]

He called it the premiership. Says it all. 

[fox_favourite]

What a smelly womble. 

[hebangsthedrums]

Didn't think I would be able to think he was any more of a tosser - thanks for proving that wrong Jim. 

[RumbleFox]

What. A. Fvcking. Cnut.

[TonyN11]

willy puller!

[Unabomber]

What a truly massive weapon. 

[davieG]

It's football Jim but not as you know it.

[TonyN11]

willy puller

[KFS]

Never understand why we don’t make a massive ****ing scene in the stands for 12 games a season. Tifos, banners, chants. Time to make these arrogant cvnts know how real football fans think about them 

[GingerrrFox]

The sooner the “up their own arse 6” **** off and create a breakaway league where they play home games in the desert, the better. 

Yes the money in the English game would decrease but in all honesty the status quo isn’t sustainable anyway. I’d rather have a Premier League that was more competitive and wasn’t just a wank fest of Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool and the Manchester clubs. 

Edited 29 June 2024 by GingerrrFox

[Spudulike]

Getting a name call again. We seem to be the benchmark for clubs that are not worthy. At least this twat is out in the open.

[Chelmofox]

F4cking cant (Essex bloke in me)

[Pita]

Just  another way for the big 6 to make more money  at the expense of all the other clubs