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Jim Ratcliffe fired investment warning over £10million Manchester United decision

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Marc Skinner’s Manchester United exit shows Jim Ratcliffe’s priorities are elsewhere – unless he thinks he’s smarter than every WSL owner. That is the verdict of talkSPORT’s Women’s football correspondent Angelina Kelly, who believes there’s little to prove that INEOS really care about the women’s team at Old Trafford. Ratcliffe previously referred to the women’s team as ‘girls’ and ‘an opportunity’ Getty The Red Devils lost their manager just a month before the new season due to a lack of resources and investment from the hierarchy. It is the second successive women’s head coach who has had issues with recruitment, with his predecessor, former England defender Casey Stoney, quitting in similar fashion in 2021. How big of a shock was Skinner’s departure? Kelly told talkSPORT’s Darragh MacAnthony and Alex Crook: “It was 50-50 because I think when you look at Marc Skinner’s time at Manchester United, it has been quite turbulent. “On one hand, you look at it and think he has actually over

First report: Manchester United and Marc Skinner agree to mutually terminate head coach's contract — theathletic.com, 8d