Sir Jim Ratcliffe said "it doesn't make sense" for a Manchester United ticket to cost less than a ticket to watch Fulham, speaking in an interview with the United We Stand magazine,
Ratcliffe was born in Failsworth, Greater Manchester, but has clearly forgotten his working class roots across the many years that he has spent living between Monaco and London.
Manchester is different to Monaco and London. The bedrock of United's matchgoing support are fans who live locally and the club would be nothing without them, but the decision-makers at Old Trafford often seem to forget, or deliberately ignore, that fact.
Protecting local supporters and looking after their interests should be at the front of centre of the club's policy, particularly on ticketing, which has caused a stir across the last six months.
You have your head buried in sand if you somehow haven't noticed that Ratcliffe made the mid-season decision to raise matchday ticket prices to £66 per game in the Premier League.
That has meant no concession for children or pensioners and protests have been held. "£66, you're taking the p***," has been aired at Old Trafford. Ratcliffe has been targeted with vitriolic chanting. The British billionaire was also confronted by angry fans at Craven Cottage in January.
Ratcliffe has faced intense backlash from supporters and Carly Lyes, the chair of the MUFC Local Supporters' Club, an official branch for fans who live within a two-mile radius of Old Trafford, spoke to the Manchester Evening News in November to express concerns the price increase would be "the thin end of the wedge."
"Three years ago, it was £13 for an Under-16 to attend Old Trafford and they've proposed now putting that up to £66. They say it's only a small
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