Can’t believe some people who are actually defending this.
MTBi_04 on
Oof. Some people are not happy. Can’t say I’m ecstatic but I do think it’s good that we save money and he is still clearly going to be a legend forever
Fraaj on
Who needs media constantly on our backs when we have a dozen of ex players who are ready to shit on us and stir up drama at every opportunity
imnoobatfifa on
It’s really not that deep, ffs. Maybe we can just accept that Fergie was the greatest thing to happen to United post-Busby – probably ever – and that he should not be on a multi-million pound role at the club 10 years after retiring?
kheetkhat on
Can’t have one normal day at this club can we?
zxnoregretzxzx on
Always a fucking circus
dispelthemyth on
Gravy train ended, I love fergie and him time as manager but it doesn’t give him an infinite money glitch cheat code
Zatoichi80 on
I love Eric but where was the outrage as the Glazers put us into a fucking hole?
bevax on
I dont know it is just this sub or fans in general, United has gone to shit at every level from the football, management and fans.
Our very own fans dragged our own legend through the gutter when Ole was managing United. He was abused more severely than all other managers post Fergie with the sub like r/oleout.
All the legends were being shit on everytime they opened their mouth like Neville, Scholes and Ferdinand.
Now even Fergie was being disrespected by fans in this sub.
What’s left of the club is just the name -Manchester United- nothing more
MorrowDisca on
Somehow the least dramatic and most legible Cantona statement.
FredDRedUnderYourBed on
This was never going to go down well. Next time, consider slashing the wages of these underperforming players before canceling long-standing traditions and laying off staff members.
criminalsunrise on
I’d imagine he can still do whatever he wants around the club, he’s just not getting paid millions and being expected to do something now.
yfh on
Whatever Eric says I agree with.
JannieVrot on
The one true Eric👑
maxperilous on
Has Ferguson voiced any opinion of it?
Sad-Response7761 on
It’s fine for INEOS to be ruthless but they can’t be ruthless with everything except the fraud manager
alextv99 on
The mentality of living in the past is what will continue to kill this club. Eternal thanks for what Sir Alex did for this club, but until we stop behaving like this club is entitled to mega success no matter what we do today because of the legacy that has been left, it will never build a future for itself.
We need to humble everyone in the organization until they learn how to turn their hard work into consistent results.
Larryhooova on
Whether you’re paying him or not SAF will always be our ambassador, he is the personification of what this club should be. No fan of ManUtd or any club will ever look at him and not think Manchester United and vice versa.
Helnik17 on
Absolutely agree. If there ever was an ambassador for the club that you pay for it’s SAF
Takhar7 on
When Eric is the voice of reason, you know you’ve royally fucked up.
What a ridiculous decision – the one and only thing I agreed with the Glazers on, was that SAF was and remains responsible for so much of the revenue generated by the club, that he absolutely deserves to revel in his small fair share of it.
Takhar7 on
Imagine sacking Fergie before ETH.
stevo3001 on
Are there no PR people working for INEOS? Yet another stupid own goal.
If INEOS were not actually here to improve the football but to put a more acceptable face on the Glazer regime, to improve cash flow to the Glazers while ensuring someone else takes the blame for unpleasant decisions- would they have acted any differently?
Just in case anyone has forgotten, the cause of any financial difficulties United (the most famous club in the world with unmatched money making potential) have is not the tea ladies or the rest of the staff who’ve been sacked, it isn’t the women’s team or MUTV and it sure as shit isn’t the greatest manager of all time. The cause is the fucking Glazers saddling us with vast debt through their takeover and siphoning money out of the club ever since.
lordfaffing on
It’s a terrible decision from the club
Such a foolish choice from a PR perspective
Hope they will go back on it
Jonny_Testicles on
The club does this while still paying millions in overpaid wages to crap players like Antony. How about you cut those expenses instead?
dzemperzapedra on
How is doing this to SAF a correct decision?
Even if he agreed to it – they already made up their mind.
Also, why do you give a shit about a billionaire saving 2 mill a year?
This is just an embarrassment for the club, no matter how you spin it.
So much other things to tend to and you pick this shit to mess with, mind boggling.
Cold-Veterinarian-85 on
Tell us how you really feel Eric and stop sitting on the fence….
it_doesnt_matter88 on
Are people really trying to defend the ridiculously unnecessary penny pinching of a billionaire?
ApolloX-2 on
$2.82 million dollars per year was the payment. That’s barely a fraction of what we paid a player last year to literally play for another team.
My concern is the audacity to even have that conversation with Sir Alex Ferguson. I’m sure he was polite and agreed to it but he would have been well within his rights to say that literally nobody on Earth represents Man United better than better than him and it’s worth more than the role he was being paid for.
MikeyTbT123 on
Embarrassing this ever broke containment.
N66AP on
I am now even more suspicious about the entire PSR/cost cutting exercise. INEOS is focussing on an area where we haven’t needed to focus. The commercial/financial side. Some poor transfers may have landed us in a bit of bother, but I am not sold on what they are doing. I dont see any improvement on the pitch since INEOS took over. We got good deals but spent money again on Zirkzee and the like who havent set the league alight. To be honest, I am confused.
I am suspicious of the entire exercise because from what I see, it’s only INEOS focussing on financials and commercials, something the Glazers were already doing.
Edit : They are behaving like a corporation merging with another. We see it all the time. New owners come in. Tear the place down. All the good staff is either fired or leaves. The new owners make a buck. The acquired company dies a painful death. Check Broadcom + VmWare or any other acquisition in the last decade.
Ondreeej on
facts
SparksV on
Really seems like we went from *Billionaire owners who take money out of the club for themselves and their shareholders* to *Billionaire owners who fire everyone at the club they deem not important while still getting bonuses themselves*
_Ghost_07 on
I’m speaking purely from an emotional point of view here, but I don’t see the big deal in paying him £2m a year considering this club would be nothing without him.
GrouchPotato99 on
Haha this is hilarious from King Eric
Playtoy_69 on
Lack of respect is right. If the club wants to save money, there are ways they should explore. No point in doing this especially when they extended ETH contract while thinking about sacking him. It’s just appalling.
AnakinAni on
You know we’re just saving 2 million per season doing this. That’s it. I’d rather keep Sir Alex on payroll as a thank you for everything he’s done for us.
I don’t know why this even had to come out, couldn’t it be handled internally and not be publicized ? There is absolutely no real benefit doing this.
KAKYBAC on
Like flies on wanton shit.
all_die_laughing on
Whatever the thoughts about the removal of his salary, INEOS seem absolutely abysmal at PR. Remove his salary, sure, but keep the title or invent some other role for him. It might all be a placebo, but INEOS were positioning themselves as a fan led enterprise who were going bring the soul back to the club after years of Glazer bloodsucking. It feels like completely the opposite thus far.
heephap on
Good for you Eric. Can’t spend a few mil for the clubs greatest ever legend but willing to spunk 30 mil on a striker who can’t score. Nice.
Fair-Cash-6956 on
We can pay 42 million British pounds for ugartebekiddingme but can’t spare 2 million for the savour of the club?
ProfessorBeer on
It’s absolutely bonkers to me this is a move people interpret as INEOS penny pinching to line their own pockets. Club expenditures *as a whole* affect FFP and PSR. A million pounds here means a million pounds in losses freed up to be spent on football rather than administrative bloat. Because, as cold as it sounds, paying anyone 1-2m per year more than a decade after their retirement is textbook administrative bloat.
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Can’t believe some people who are actually defending this.
Oof. Some people are not happy. Can’t say I’m ecstatic but I do think it’s good that we save money and he is still clearly going to be a legend forever
Who needs media constantly on our backs when we have a dozen of ex players who are ready to shit on us and stir up drama at every opportunity
It’s really not that deep, ffs. Maybe we can just accept that Fergie was the greatest thing to happen to United post-Busby – probably ever – and that he should not be on a multi-million pound role at the club 10 years after retiring?
Can’t have one normal day at this club can we?
Always a fucking circus
Gravy train ended, I love fergie and him time as manager but it doesn’t give him an infinite money glitch cheat code
I love Eric but where was the outrage as the Glazers put us into a fucking hole?
I dont know it is just this sub or fans in general, United has gone to shit at every level from the football, management and fans.
Our very own fans dragged our own legend through the gutter when Ole was managing United. He was abused more severely than all other managers post Fergie with the sub like r/oleout.
All the legends were being shit on everytime they opened their mouth like Neville, Scholes and Ferdinand.
Now even Fergie was being disrespected by fans in this sub.
What’s left of the club is just the name -Manchester United- nothing more
Somehow the least dramatic and most legible Cantona statement.
This was never going to go down well. Next time, consider slashing the wages of these underperforming players before canceling long-standing traditions and laying off staff members.
I’d imagine he can still do whatever he wants around the club, he’s just not getting paid millions and being expected to do something now.
Whatever Eric says I agree with.
The one true Eric👑
Has Ferguson voiced any opinion of it?
It’s fine for INEOS to be ruthless but they can’t be ruthless with everything except the fraud manager
The mentality of living in the past is what will continue to kill this club. Eternal thanks for what Sir Alex did for this club, but until we stop behaving like this club is entitled to mega success no matter what we do today because of the legacy that has been left, it will never build a future for itself.
We need to humble everyone in the organization until they learn how to turn their hard work into consistent results.
Whether you’re paying him or not SAF will always be our ambassador, he is the personification of what this club should be. No fan of ManUtd or any club will ever look at him and not think Manchester United and vice versa.
Absolutely agree. If there ever was an ambassador for the club that you pay for it’s SAF
When Eric is the voice of reason, you know you’ve royally fucked up.
What a ridiculous decision – the one and only thing I agreed with the Glazers on, was that SAF was and remains responsible for so much of the revenue generated by the club, that he absolutely deserves to revel in his small fair share of it.
Imagine sacking Fergie before ETH.
Are there no PR people working for INEOS? Yet another stupid own goal.
If INEOS were not actually here to improve the football but to put a more acceptable face on the Glazer regime, to improve cash flow to the Glazers while ensuring someone else takes the blame for unpleasant decisions- would they have acted any differently?
Just in case anyone has forgotten, the cause of any financial difficulties United (the most famous club in the world with unmatched money making potential) have is not the tea ladies or the rest of the staff who’ve been sacked, it isn’t the women’s team or MUTV and it sure as shit isn’t the greatest manager of all time. The cause is the fucking Glazers saddling us with vast debt through their takeover and siphoning money out of the club ever since.
It’s a terrible decision from the club
Such a foolish choice from a PR perspective
Hope they will go back on it
The club does this while still paying millions in overpaid wages to crap players like Antony. How about you cut those expenses instead?
How is doing this to SAF a correct decision?
Even if he agreed to it – they already made up their mind.
Also, why do you give a shit about a billionaire saving 2 mill a year?
This is just an embarrassment for the club, no matter how you spin it.
So much other things to tend to and you pick this shit to mess with, mind boggling.
Tell us how you really feel Eric and stop sitting on the fence….
Are people really trying to defend the ridiculously unnecessary penny pinching of a billionaire?
$2.82 million dollars per year was the payment. That’s barely a fraction of what we paid a player last year to literally play for another team.
My concern is the audacity to even have that conversation with Sir Alex Ferguson. I’m sure he was polite and agreed to it but he would have been well within his rights to say that literally nobody on Earth represents Man United better than better than him and it’s worth more than the role he was being paid for.
Embarrassing this ever broke containment.
I am now even more suspicious about the entire PSR/cost cutting exercise. INEOS is focussing on an area where we haven’t needed to focus. The commercial/financial side. Some poor transfers may have landed us in a bit of bother, but I am not sold on what they are doing. I dont see any improvement on the pitch since INEOS took over. We got good deals but spent money again on Zirkzee and the like who havent set the league alight. To be honest, I am confused.
I am suspicious of the entire exercise because from what I see, it’s only INEOS focussing on financials and commercials, something the Glazers were already doing.
Edit : They are behaving like a corporation merging with another. We see it all the time. New owners come in. Tear the place down. All the good staff is either fired or leaves. The new owners make a buck. The acquired company dies a painful death. Check Broadcom + VmWare or any other acquisition in the last decade.
facts
Really seems like we went from *Billionaire owners who take money out of the club for themselves and their shareholders* to *Billionaire owners who fire everyone at the club they deem not important while still getting bonuses themselves*
I’m speaking purely from an emotional point of view here, but I don’t see the big deal in paying him £2m a year considering this club would be nothing without him.
Haha this is hilarious from King Eric
Lack of respect is right. If the club wants to save money, there are ways they should explore. No point in doing this especially when they extended ETH contract while thinking about sacking him. It’s just appalling.
You know we’re just saving 2 million per season doing this. That’s it. I’d rather keep Sir Alex on payroll as a thank you for everything he’s done for us.
I don’t know why this even had to come out, couldn’t it be handled internally and not be publicized ? There is absolutely no real benefit doing this.
Like flies on wanton shit.
Whatever the thoughts about the removal of his salary, INEOS seem absolutely abysmal at PR. Remove his salary, sure, but keep the title or invent some other role for him. It might all be a placebo, but INEOS were positioning themselves as a fan led enterprise who were going bring the soul back to the club after years of Glazer bloodsucking. It feels like completely the opposite thus far.
Good for you Eric. Can’t spend a few mil for the clubs greatest ever legend but willing to spunk 30 mil on a striker who can’t score. Nice.
We can pay 42 million British pounds for ugartebekiddingme but can’t spare 2 million for the savour of the club?
It’s absolutely bonkers to me this is a move people interpret as INEOS penny pinching to line their own pockets. Club expenditures *as a whole* affect FFP and PSR. A million pounds here means a million pounds in losses freed up to be spent on football rather than administrative bloat. Because, as cold as it sounds, paying anyone 1-2m per year more than a decade after their retirement is textbook administrative bloat.