Sir Jim Ratcliffe has held robust conversations with Manchester United fans about ticket prices after the billionaire warned of the need to raise money during a meeting in Carrington on Thursday.
Ratcliffe, 72, met the Fan Advisory Board to hear the opinions of supporters, while the club regards their approach about season tickets next season. Fans are concerned that the costs will increase after the controversial decision to increase the price of seats for certain competitions to £ 66 and AX concessions in the middle of the campaign.
The financial issues of United have led Ratcliffe and Ineos 250 jobs to the club and mail sports appendices, last week reported that another 100 personnel staff will be made superfluous to free money for the expenditure of the first team.
The problems also led the fear of further increases for the 2025-26 season and e-mail sport understands that, although no concrete decisions were made, the fan representatives were firm in their views on Ratcliffe about the issue of ticket prices.
The FAB wanted to emphasize how to penetrate big decisions on tickets without consultation – as happened to the increase to £ 66 – would be counterproductive and the need to get in touch with fans.
It is understood to mean that the Ineos Chief took the opinion of the 13-person FAB on board, while the supporters listened to Ratcliffe's views on the financial challenges of the club, but robust claimed that the counterproductive would be to the Income gap with increased prices.
The meeting was the second between the FAB and Ratcliffe, which injected £ 241 million into the club since his investment was confirmed in December 2023, after having held face-to-face conversations last year. The dialogue is expected to continue before United announces the renewal process for next season.
The relationships between Match-Going Going United fans and Ratcliffe have been considerably deteriorated in recent months after the middle of the season of £ 66 and the removal of concessions for children and pensioners.
Proponents are frustrated because they are asked to pay more as the team continues to struggle, with the 13th of Ruben Amorim in the Premier League table.
During the victory of United in Fulham last month, the end of the road expressed their anger in Ratcliffe, and called him a **** and compared him with the lack of glazer family.
In December, Ratcliffe led the fan base furiously after an interview that he gave to the United, we are Fanzine, where he explicitly stated that United should not charge any less for tickets than Fulham.
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