Why INEOS ended Ferguson's Man United contract

[@Epsilon04]

The uproar from the United fanbase towards this sums up the issues they have as a club in the modern day. Constantly stuck in the past and trying to cling on to a previous era. Let’s face it, Ferguson’s “expertise” hasn’t exactly provided much value over the last decade has it? If it had, the club wouldn’t be in the current mess. Need to stop being so nostalgic and sentimental and start looking forward. The irony is that United fans always used to take swipes at Liverpool for clinging to their history when in reality they are a far more forward thinking club. Shankly and Paisley were also legendary figures, but they weren’t desperately trying to cling onto and/or replicate those eras, they let Klopp be his own man and write his own story. They’re now doing the same with Slot. Until United stop fixating on the 90s and 00s, which are long gone, they’ll never get into a forward thinking mindset.

[@Golbridgeburner]

Bohley might try to sign him as manager 😂 lets be real chelsea and united are both mud brothers

[@workmail725]

Liverpool went 20 years without winning a league title and that title was presented in front of empty Anfield. Liverpool became a better run club under Klopp the very opposite of United under the clueless Glazers owners. I might add Michael Edwards was as important to Liverpool as Klopp but they had a fall out and he left. He's now back with Klopp leaving which will be a big help to Slot.

[@Im_helpless]

your club just expects turn around in a year or two not understand that it takes years to rebuild a club which will be years of mediocre performance and heartache, need to pick a manager that you think is good and give them the time and patience to rebuild the club, you also need to stop throwing money around like it's monopoly money you have a massive culture of horrendously overpaying for players and their wages

[@Youeube]

@@Golbridgeburner how many comments have you left under this video slating the best manager this club ever had? Defo a Liverpool fan in disguise 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelgoldsmith9359]

I mean they had won the league before COVID happened. Your insanely delusional if you deny that.

[@saintanthony7291]

United have paid fergie 24m since the contract started and the man turns 83 in December. Anyone complaining about this is just being ridiculous. Why would you keep paying him over 2m a year at that age for practically nothing? Mentions of what he’s done for United are also baseless as the club paid him a salary while working; he wasn’t doing charity work at United.

[@justagame101]

Exactly.

[@saltmerchant749]

Generally, you only get paid such large sums of money if you're not doing anything, to keep quiet about something.

[@cantripleplays]

@@saltmerchant749 (the glazers)

[@ShutThePuck]

Because of what Fergie built, he made the Glazers literal billions, and the ambassadorial contract was recognition of that. It was a classy thing to do, didn't have to make business sense, it's not always about the bottom line.

[@DavidAnthonyH]

Still the 3rd best signing since he retired as a manager

[@djorgen]

This makes total sense. Which is why I'm surprised United doing this.

[@waizizzat5284]

ineos doing it

[@Joelinton1892]

Timing is odd though, surely they should have done it at the end of the season. Also the negative pr its caused at a time where theres already negativity with the manager situation isnt clever.

[@anthonyb3514]

Didn't think I'd ever see the answer to the question "how to we cover a quarter of Antony's salary?" but by God, Sir Jim has done it 👏

[@kemdirimakujuobi9404]

Underrated.

[@fazzyth14]

a 37 min video for a one word answer. Its because of money

[@msquarem2]

People have too much time these days to watch anything that gets posted online

[@alex_petro]

Perfect summary, I don't have to waste 37min of my life now. Thank you!

[@daniel52031]

You dont have to listen to it mate

[@fazzyth14]

@@daniel52031 I didn't haha

[@PatrickTCAPIreland]

Got to fill time brother

[@indykalia8224]

Ferguson was an incredible Manager but he left the Club in a right state. No leaving his successor a half decent squad! Time to stop reflecting in Fergusons past glory and really build United back into the force it used to be!

[@shuraamano]

Used to be. Fergie built it. Ungrateful lot you are.

[@indykalia8224]

@shuraamano Agree, he built it but we cannot live in the past!

[@krish4246]

@@shuraamanohe also took the glazers money to keep quiet about the debts & dividends He was made the highest paid manager in the world

[@Pibikhen]

It was a team that won the league by double digits... This "aging squad" narrative is ridiculous. The average age of the squad was 24 and the older players were already bit part players. Scholes made 8 starts and Giggs made 12, for example. The only two older players that really needed to be replaced quickly were Rio, who was in his mid to late 30's and had lost a yard but let's not pretend he was a weak point and Evra, who did need to be moved on within 12-18 months as he was in decline. Rooney was 27, which should be his prime, RVP was 29 and still had another couple of seasons before he'd fall off entirely (he was never about pace). The squad was solid, the man that came in just fumbled it hard and then LVG wanted to play an entirely different way, which made half of them surplus.

[@dairefinnie1533]

Yes incredible manager but he is solely responsible for the glazers taking full ownership of the club and he has supported the glazers every year of their reign. That will always be Ferguson true legacy

[@ytzini999]

Would be immoral to be handing out redundancies to many that work there and then keep this type of royalty roles

[@paudie75]

Funny how alex ferguson dealings with the horse rock of gibraltar was the start of the of the downfall of man utd

[@Golbridgeburner]

Fergie was all about himself , he supported the glazers and was collecting money from them while the club crumbled .. top reds will day nothing

[@superunknown95]

Amen

[@workmail725]

One of the biggest myths in the sport. Martin Edwards set the ball rolling to allow the club be brought by total idiots who have left the club in massive debt that Jim and co has to clean up now.

[@shuraamano]

​@@GolbridgeburnerSir Alex Ferguson Stand. Where's your name on Old Trafford?

[@Golbridgeburner]

@@shuraamano tye amount of money he drained from the club he could buy the name in sponsorship

[@avijitjyoti]

It's like the great man always said" No one is bigger than the club". I am sure he understands that.The club needs a lot more than just this though..

[@rogerdavies2796]

I can promise you Adam, NOBODY on Merseyside would say that Slot was first choice. Nonsense

[@StevenMurray-z4x]

Crafton trying his hardest to make a big deal out of SAF stepping down from global ambassadorial duties,whilst still being on the board,what a load of old wibble

[@dairefinnie1533]

Awww bless...the man solely responsible for the glazers taking full ownership of the club and he has supported the glazers every year of their reign. What.a.legend

[@JoeyTabor]

Thank you Adam for making the point of finding someone who can do better than 14th isnt rocket science

[@NicholasKlynsmith]

This has been blown up so much by the media and co. Not a negative move, Sir Alex will be just fine financially & still sticking around for the love of football. Using words like "sacked" "let go" "cut" "chopped" etc makes it sound dramatic. United is moving forward (despite their first team performances) and this was always inevitable. He is arguably one of the biggest personalities in the world and I'm 100% certain if this wasn't amicable, he'd speak up for his club. He'll be at the game vs Brentford and everything will be fine.

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

Indeed. At £21 million in the past ten years, Fergie’s had a good run with the paid ambassador role and probably realizes this. As long as he retains his other privileges, then there’s no need for alarm.

[@umersiddiqui-c4r]

i have read SJR book, in that book and ineos is known for this cost cutting, this is very important to run the club

[@lalrinpuia_tlau]

Dunno why people are still moaning about the sale of McTom. He was in the first team for 6/7 years and never really impressed anyone.

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

He was a good man to get a goal in the last twenty minutes, but his first touch wasn’t great, so he couldn’t control a game.

[@Luis.Fernandez17457]

I think it’s nuts that we’ve paid a retired man millions of pounds for over 10 years

[@marlonblade007]

A bargain considering what he did. Pep will get millions when he leaves from city

[@kombe971]

@@marlonblade007honestly dno why people can’t understand ur point!

[@krish4246]

@@marlonblade007city have unlimited money & no debt Meanwhile we are owned by the glazers with 600 mill loan repayments + 200 mill outstanding transfer fees owned to clubs & pay out yearly dividends to the glazers

[@kovalen04]

Exactly! Would Liverpool keep paying Klopp till he dies? Don't think so

[@kombe971]

@@kovalen04 klopp has done nothing compared to sir alex

[@clintondomingo932]

Fergie got the sack before Ten Hag 😂

[@marlonblade007]

Insane 😂

[@CookieDee11]

Why do people feel like SAF should get 2 mil a year ? In pretty much any other job he would have be cut off ages ago. I thank him but now it’s clearly no longer needed.

[@dzenomdogo3728]

Not planning on having a pensionable job, are ya?

[@Profilejc98]

​@@dzenomdogo3728 Most people nowadays have a defined contribution pension where they and their employer contribute a % of their salary over their working years. Nobody but boomers on lucrative defined benefit pensions (and SAF apparently) are paid by their employer after retiring.

[@hussienjammal2254]

Yes by paying Anthony 200k a week and 350 k a week for another Brazilian

[@CookieDee11]

@@hussienjammal2254 Anthony is footballer on a contract and signing him was a mistake too. That will rectified when the time comes too.

[@justtestingonce]

This isn’t any other job, without Fergie this club wouldn’t be worth $6 billion.

[@liamclarke5275]

Fergie made an absolute fortune out of Utd. Including on transfers. It's completely ridiculous he was being paid any more than costs to stick around as ambassador. He retired as a very wealthy man.

[@hussienjammal2254]

So united never made any money during his trophies laden era?

[@liamclarke5275]

@@hussienjammal2254 yeah and he, his brother, his 2 sons got well paid by the club in various ways for a long time.

[@Torero2901]

Decent cost cutting measure. Now they can buy another Antony.

[@Puppy_parade]

2 mil a year? That’s not even six weeks of Casemiro’s wages 😂😂

[@golfer5636]

I wanna hear from Roy! 😂

[@ahmede1015]

Classy move from United to pay him for so long. He’s made the owners billions and raised their status to global. He deserves that 2m a year

[@Evemeister12]

Cost cutting. That's all it is. If the trophies flow in subsequently, the fans will forget this episode soon enough.

[@robb9658]

Crafton is a negative melt

[@nigelbaldwin1038]

Never underestimate Brentford, tin budget and hit by injuries. But always show passion ..

[@gileshouliston7282]

It’s to fold. Money saving exercise and football. Fergies presence impacted the authority and progress of the club. Best way to compare was when shankley left lfc, he would go to training, have his own space, ppl called him boss and he had great inmput. Then they decided to make a clean break and it was for the best. Plus looking at some of the previous decisions, they have been dated

[@sickboy6663]

Best way to compare is Matt Busby

[@gileshouliston7282]

@@sickboy6663 didn’t the keep busby on board and kept him around . Not sure post manager and being a director, how much power the president had

[@sickboy6663]

@@gileshouliston7282 exactly, thats my point. Wilf McGuinnes followed Busby when he retired and moved upstairs. He couldnt control the dressing room cause Sir Matt was still hanging about, got sacked and replaced by Busby. Any manager that has succeded Fergie has walked in his shadow.

[@gileshouliston7282]

@@sickboy6663 my point was they made the decision to move on & we didn’t learn

[@sickboy6663]

@@gileshouliston7282 moved on from who?

[@MisterMurhl]

There is no way to discern what exactly is behind this but its an easy decision for a new business owner that is desperate to build a new culture and mentality.

[@domhuckle]

Hated, adored, never ignored

[@jamesjarrett52]

who Ferguson? He s dead to me.

[@peterlpool1387]

Sounds about right. Hated, adored by mutant mancs and you’re never far away from them.

[@gilgoh1122]

Did they cut costs on custodial services and roof repair 5 years ago??

[@Golbridgeburner]

Ahahahaha poor fergie .. he has to collect his winter fuel payment now😂

[@Youeube]

@@Golbridgeburner I found the bin dipping Scouser 🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵

[@philmicrackin9464]

Man Utd, founded by an extremely wealthy businessman, gifted the countries largest stadium, bought titles in the first few years of existence. They're recognised as one of the biggest clubs in the world and rightly so, but without huge outside investment 120 years ago they'd struggled to have even been an Oldham Athletic.

[@StevenMurray-z4x]

Jesus talk about half truths and wibble,what a load of old bullocks

[@philmicrackin9464]

@@StevenMurray-z4x Which part is anything but factually and historically accurate? Except, maybe the Oldham part, as that includes an element of foreshadowing and predicting the future, but considering they were FA Cup semi finalists before Man Utd had even been founded (with huge outside investment), a very strong prediction of how things would have turned out.

[@matthewbaker2573]

Old Trafford was bombed in the second world war so they had the ability to build a bigger stadium after their rise in the 30s which brought in more fans. You are blabbering bullshit - they clearly rattle you. Fergy clearly gave you PTSD

[@philmicrackin9464]

@@matthewbaker2573 Old Trafford highest ever attendance, ironically, was around six months before the second WW started. But don't let facts get in the way of your God complex, my guy.

[@philmicrackin9464]

@@matthewbaker2573 Old Trafford was initially built with a capacity of over 80,000, the rebuilding efforts you mention make it smaller than it was previously.

[@SimonCowie86]

We will hear the club has appointed Sir Alex Ferguson to the board. Sir Jim Radcliffe said that from day one. If they cancel Ferguson’s contract they should cut Evra Ferdinand & all of the other ambassadors at the club. Sir Jim Radcliffe can bring Ferguson into that role Sir Matt Busby had. Sir Alex Ferguson is why we won all the trophies we won from the 89/90 season till the 2012-2013 season so he deserves & earned his place. Radcliffe & INEOS only bought their way in for a minority stake. Everyone would & should side with Sir Alex Ferguson.

[@safebans1369]

Living in his fat shadow has done nothing for your club. He set you up for over a decade of failure because he's an egotist

[@bluebirdtechnologygrouplim3304]

@@safebans1369 and you sound like you’ve got a pretty stable ego don’t you

[@108u9]

The comedy club that is Manchester United is just the gift that keeps giving

[@UNITEDvsEverybody]

sir jim sitting next to sir alex is product placement? come on. crafton is literally just trying to add fuel to the fire and he knows it. tell me it's international break without telling me it's international break.

[@Qlicky]

They figured out they are wasting money?

[@ohheyitskevinc]

Great news! Now we’ve saved a grand on buses by making staff get to Wembley on their own, £2m on SAF, £7.5m on 250 staff, we can now pay Rashford for 31.7 weeks.

[@Danny-iv5uu]

Raving about ange when he’s bombed at spurs as usual, talks a great game so media are nice to him but he’s been poor with no plan b. Slott just got smacked by forest but only took over a set and successful Liverpool team that klopp had finish 3rd. Why do we compare to these newbies. Ten hag finished 3rd and won a cup in first year. If we are looking for a new manager then he needs to be better than the crap we’ve been linked with.

[@brianjohnson3743]

They’re reporting that he’s going to be engaged as a non-executive director, so they’re not cutting ties entirely. He’ll be getting less money albeit with fewer obligations.

[@Colliedawg77]

Laurie Whitwell > Adam Crafton

[@MikeOxtinks]

He is cute🥵

[@simonsparks7540]

He is still on the board, and will keep his NXD position. He just not being used as a commercial tool now

[@SM-mz2hz]

I would not be surprised if his mate David Gill wrote this contract out for him before he left. Getting paid over £2m a year is ridiculous. Free to come and go as he pleases, tickets for matches, tickets for any gala dinners or whatever else they have going on, but to pay him over £40k a week for the privilege. Ridiculous

[@Daza986]

Guys! How much worth has this man made in the club!?!? What if we never won 13 league titles, what if we win 3. Do you think we would still be the biggest club in football (arguably). We are valued at billions. He gave everything for us! Please give him that job until his last days we owe this man everything. You guys don’t get it at all this is about respect and love not money.

[@josuebarboza9809]

Not all about the money... But give him lots of it!!! 🤑🤑🤑😂😂😂🥴🥴🥴

[@RichMitch]

Literally sacked Fergie 😂

[@gwheregwhizz]

It's potentially a cheeky way round PSR. Offer a player 100K a week and a 'gentleman's handshake' million every year for life to be an 'ambassador' i.e turn up at an executive box for the odd big game.

[@pstratos7]

Bottom left dude couldn’t be more British if he tried

[@chrisphammond]

They were basically paying him £2m a year to attend and watch Utd matches, he was probably asked for a pay rise

[@gold6813]

Glaziers reneged on a deal to bring back CR7 and Bale a few months prior to retirement.

[@M91bk]

No one is bigger than the club 💪

[@TheNightMammoth]

Thing about Adam's comments on the manager is if they had hired a Thomas Frank at the start of this season he would be on this podcast questioning whether The Manchester United should be looking at that kind of low level candidate. People in the media will never be happy until United win another treble, and maybe not even then.

[@folaadebayo2767]

This man has been getting “free money “ for over a decade. Enough already !! For a club trying to move forward , this “hush money” is keeping them back.

[@Otto-1943]

amount of people who worry about finances of 83 year old millionaire is astonishing.

[@hungmna1tp]

11:30 - United fans reaction noise in the background

[@OlanKenny]

Theyve hardly changed the locks and kicked him out. He's obviously still going to be able to go anywhere he wants around OT and Carrington.

[@andrewharris1837]

I not a united fan but dissing Sir Alec like this is a disgrace.Agree 2mn is far too much so amount should have been re negotiated for his ambassadorial role.Man is a football legend with only a few years to go in his life😮

[@-VForValhalla-]

As long as they don't fire the bald fraud, I am INEOS IN!

[@BigZee85]

He's definitely coming back as the new manager

[@iam_nick]

I think that’s fair, he’s 83 what do you expect. SAF can walk in anytime he wants, his club, it’s a good thing for him.

[@nickbrookfield1]

You still employing Adam Crafton?

[@KratosIsSick]

Dunno why this is extraordinary. Should be more ruthless INEOS just like Fergie was on his day.

[@markproctor3100]

It should have happened years ago they made the same mistake for years with Sir Matt what other club still have their successful managers stay on at the club immediately after retirement 🙄He overshadows everything the current manager tries to do you see it every match he's at the commentator or whatever will say Fergie wouldn't have done it like that etc I think it's for the best overall and he'll always be a legend of the club obviously 👍

[@NeilCooksey]

There’s 1000’s of working class men and women in Manchester that worked in industry for 40 plus years and didn’t earn anything like £2m in their whole career. Sir Alex’s whole management career was driven by what the hard working people did to give them their privileged position. Growing up in Govern and the Dock workers etc. A man with that ethos will wholeheartedly appreciate the cost cuts when Inoes are cutting other staff that might not reach that £2m savings. He fully backs the working classes so I don’t see what the problem is???

[@mabsrahman8135]

22:00 facts

[@brookwakie3406]

Adam crafton 😂😂😂😂😂

[@artukai3831]

If Man Utd does not appreciate Ferguson, maybe he can join Man city now that he is free. that would be so brilliant.

[@annesmethurst7605]

I don't think any other epl club does this?? Ferguson should be happy to promote his club without being on the payroll. Be happy with what you had and move on.

[@sshahram2007]

Adam Crafton has never liked United and does not have a good word to say about the club. Laurie and Ornstein are proper journos on United and know a lot more about what is going on and have more access. Crafton seems to struggle with the concept that teams results can be indifferent whilst lots of progress is being made behind the scenes and suddenly things click. The other side is also true as good results hide underlying issues that eventually show up and catch up with you.

[@matthewbaker2573]

BECAUSE HE IS 82 YEARS OLD !!!! WHEN IM 82 - I EXPECT TO NEED SOMEONE ELSE TO WIPE MY ARSE

[@marlonblade007]

Bidet?

[@matthewbaker2573]

@@marlonblade007 nah man, if first contact water shot is pinpoint on the hole, that shit tickles and would send me flying. last time i broke my toe kicking the bath, at that age i'd break a hip

[@cyrilsouchon]

too many ads for me.

[@shakiblatif4720]

who will INEOS roll out when they want to sign new players to swing the decision on which club to join?

[@Daza986]

Guys, give anything he wants to him! simple as that

[@edmanning274]

Ange wasn’t 5th choice he was 2nd choice after Slot. Interviews and offers are very different things.

[@georgepipes6914]

Football aside, think it’s better to listen to this than watch it on KZbin. Jesus Christ, didn’t realise Mary Shelley had written 4 Frankenstein novels.

[@Rodney-Blackburn]

An 83yr old multi millionaire doesn’t need an extra £2m a year.

[@c_nrad]

If he brought in more than 2 million in commercial revenue a year he woulda still had the contract

[@Thomas...191]

Great with those kinda savings we'll be able afford another Antony... in 40 years...

[@FlashMeterRed]

Everyone knows Fergie was still being paid promised money outside of his managerial contract to get around financial issues. INEOS is just not honouring that illegal agreement. Why avoid talking about that here??

[@DaSkonk]

Yes indeed, that highly lucrative, sweet equity deal that the Glazers gave him to keep him onside. Shhh! 🤫

[@traydar5]

United we’re paying £2m per year with very little return. Waste of money.

[@brianakelleher85]

He will get VIP treatment, and access to home matches , directors seat . And he is still going yo get the loyalty payments from the Disney Documentary on him . At 82 maybe it's time .

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

Fergie is a legend but there’s no need to continue to pay him over £2 million a year for what he’s doing, particularly when the club might be in trouble with PSR soon, and ordinary workers have been let go. Not to mention the fecking Christmas party being canceled! As long as he continues to have some of his other privileges and some underperforming players are let go in the summer, I don’t see a problem with this.

[@BKKLB]

Irrespective of the Fergie news ( I actually think it would look quite poor if they were firing normal wage earners while continuing to give Fergie 2 million a year.) Berrada saying they are targeting 3 years for a league title is fishing for the moon at night. They have a team built to Eric Ten Hag's specifications. There are 5 Ten Hag acolytes from Ajax, plus a couple more dutch players from other Eredivisie clubs and Christian Erickson who came up through the Ajax youth system before joining Tottenham. The club is built in Ten Hag's image. This isn't a squad that needs surgery... This is a squad that needs a full rebuild.

[@silverscuderia]

I laugh at the fact Ineos want to save the money from an iconic figure head’s contract at the club, so kick him out. However they’ll then issue Ten Haag a new 2 year deal. 8th position & cutting Fergusons contract is not going to improve income at the club. They haven’t done much at Nice and the wishy washy decisions they’re making at Utd are writings on the wall imo.

[@nnaemekaekwegh4052]

If this happened in another club named Chelsea you guys will have been ranting and using expletives to describe the club and its owners. Now because it’s Manchester Utd you are finding excuses for it. Biased lot.

[@MrWarbley]

Take a shot every time Adam Crafton says "right?"

[@febian1529]

I think SAF is already rich man and he doesnt need salary from United anymore. So what United do is what proper club like man city or Arsenal or Liverpool do. So why everyone is so annoying about that??? Next United need to be more ruthless against senior player who are big wages but dont perform well. Player like Antony, rashford, Casemiro, maguire, Luke Shaw they need all to be axed from the club. No more waste of money from injured player and non performing player.

[@ColinLennard]

I think Ferguson had more power than you give him credit for. When he has gone to the happy football training ground in the sky & someone who has collected all the facts, bits & pieces + notes writes what really happened, you will see why they kept paying him that ridicules amount. I wouldn't be suppressed to hear that he was involved with all highering & firing. For me the sooner he has nothing to do with that club the sooner it will start to be a top club again.

[@mTLpHfumfaomd]

Just too much ads nowadays. Cant be bothered to finish the podcast

[@gregfox8132]

Maybe now utd's manager's can manage without the shadow of fergie looking down on them, from the stand, like a constant reminder of the past. Ynwa.

[@KhapriSun]

Fergie sacked before Ten Hairs 😭

[@branfrantheman]

This is a non-story and I'm sorry you good people wasted your time with it

[@posa20]

So Adam Crafton believes Thomas Frank would get United into the top 4 this season?

[@JS-hk3sy]

since when did people start calling him "ferguson" and not Sir Alex

[@MrSheepytoo]

I didn't knight him, why should I call him Sir?

[@chiefchief180]

If you want to believe in your little Lancelot medieval fantasy, please do, but don’t subject others to it.

[@josuebarboza9809]

Muh Queen 👑

[@cc202020]

I think it’s his time to take the ride into the sunset

[@sherradgordon]

Sir Alex leaves before the Glazers

[@b.alexanderjohnstone9774]

Yes Adam, never perfect candidate, but Southgate? Potter? Presumably the point is to find a clear upgrade.

[@MinisterManDan]

The stadium is full of holes and falling apart, what sense does it make to give an 83 year old man a no show £2m a year job? The list of legends Fergie cut loose when they got older is so long it could fill a book.

[@zaki9987]

Why am i not surprised?

[@JaffaryMhina]

What happen after every 3years at United is sack the manager, this can work for certain clubs and some club this is not what is needed. I will give 2 more years and. See what will happen.

[@phil16]

Buttons compared to these chancers take out of the club.