David Beckham makes feelings clear on Sir Jim Ratcliffe as Man Utd struggles continue

Sir Jim Ratcliffe became a co-owner of Manchester United earlier this twelvemonth and ex-Red Devil David Beckham believes helium tin marque the nine a occurrence again

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is the close antheral to bring "those bully aged days back" to Manchester United, according to David Beckham.

Ratcliffe, who became a co-owner of United earlier this year, has acceptable astir resurrecting United aft much than a decennary of under-achievement since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.

While immoderate of Ratcliffe's decisions person proved controversial, including stripping Ferguson of his £2.16million-a-year ambassadorial role, United fable Beckham thinks the billionaire businessman has the club's champion interests astatine bosom and is bringing astir alteration that was agelong overdue. "I deliberation that it decidedly needed change," said Beckham, speaking connected the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast.

"I think, speaking arsenic a United fan, I deliberation galore radical said the nine needed alteration and it needed a caller position connected however this nine needs to beryllium tally and the decisions that are made.

"I truly similar Jim, I've met him a fewer times implicit the years with a fewer communal friends.

"I deliberation that he's a instrumentality and evidently he's a large businessman arsenic well, 1 of the champion and 1 of the biggest.

"But I deliberation much importantly the fans spot that helium cares and I deliberation that that's a large portion of it.

"I deliberation the fans had mislaid religion with the enactment implicit the years and evidently helium truly cares about, you know, what helium wants to bash and what helium wants to create.

"So hopefully things volition change, but these things instrumentality time. I deliberation we've been rather diligent arsenic United fans implicit the years, but we privation those bully aged days back. We privation those days back, and the sooner the better."

Listen to the afloat Rio Meets Becks interrogation connected Apple Podcasts and Spotify. RioFerdinandPresents.com

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