PAUL SCHOLES ripped into Sir Jim Ratcliffe and slammed Manchester United's ticket prices in a scathing attack. There has growing anger and protests from fans aimed at the new owners after they made the decision to scrap concessions and hike prices to a minimum of £66 per ticket for members.
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Ratcliffe's controversial moves have come as he tries to fix the club's balance sheets by cutting costs. The billionaire has made 250 people redundant, cancelled the staff Christmas party and made them pay for their own travel to last season's FA Cup final among other money-saving hacks.
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And with United having a poor season on the pitch, Scholes slammed Ineos' first 12 months at Old Trafford. On SkyBet's The Overlap Fan Debate, he said: "They have been in charge 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.
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"Things are getting worse on the football pitch so couldn’t they have just said that they would do cheaper tickets – couldn’t they just give us something positive. "How can you ask Manchester United fans to pay more money with what is on the football pitch.”.
Scholes added: "£66 for a ticket is ridiculous. If you think of Manchester, there are so many deprived areas. FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS. "Sir Jim Ratcliffe himself is from Failsworth, which is a deprived area. "If you take one kid with you, that is £120, if you take a family, you are looking at £300-400 – it is just not right.
