Former Manchester United chief executive Peter Kenyon has warned Sir Jim Ratcliffe is making the mess at Old Trafford worse.

Kenyon, who played a key role in United’s rise to Premier League dominance, has slammed Ratcliffe’s decision to sack Erik ten Hag and replace him with Reuben Amorim after spending more than £200m on the club.

He also warned that เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย INEOS, which took control of the club’s football operations after Ratcliffe bought a 25 per cent stake from the Glazers for £1.2billion last year, was “mismanaging” wage demands to bring in players. Kenyon says United

‘s problems began in 2005 when the Glazers took over the club and they also allowed Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill to leave together in 2013 without a plan in place. The club’s decline has been gradual.

“There are teams who spend big money in the summer for a coach with one style of football, then in October they change the coach to someone who plays a completely different football and think it will work? It’s not about money, it’s about stupidity!” said Kenyon.

“Money doesn’t always buy success. You don’t have to pay someone £400,000 a week. If you are smart you can get players to United without paying more than anyone else. “

When I worked with Ferguson, if a player came in asking for a pay rise because of an offer from Real Madrid he would say go for it! Because United are not the highest paying club, but we pay well and have other things to attract players.”

Kenyon, who left United for Chelsea under Roman Abramovich in 2003, says United’s biggest problem is not just money but mismanagement by the Glazers.

United allowed Ferguson and Gill to leave together, with no back-up plan. This has led the club to struggle through a number of managers, including David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Ten Hag and, most recently, Amorim. United

currently sit 14th in the Premier League but are still in contention for cup glory, with Fulham in the FA Cup and Real Sociedad in the Europa League coming up.

“The problem with United is they haven’t had a good succession plan,” Kenyon added.

“You can’t have the two most important people at a club, the manager and the CEO, leave at the same time. It is a joke! What organisation lets their most important people leave the company on the same day? Nobody even knows where the power plug is! It is something that really pisses me off.”