Sir Jim Ratcliffe is making decisions the Glazers would at Manchester United

Nobody could deny changes were needed at Manchester United. The club has been a sinking ship in the last 10 years and Sir Jim Ratcliffe needed to crack the whip, but he is currently walking a fine line between making changes for good and damaging the identity of the football club.

Ratcliffe was responsible for installing a new football structure, appointing Omar Berrada as CEO and Dan Ashworth as sporting director, and hiring a proper board was long overdue.

He has put wheels in motion to address the future of Old Trafford, he has invested millions into upgrading facilities at Carrington and is laying the foundations for a brighter future.

But he is not immune to criticism. Along with the good changes, there have been bad ones and early warning signs emerged when most staff benefits were scrapped when United made the FA Cup final at the end of May, which caused morale among staff to plummet.

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United charged staff £20 to travel to and from Wembley when it was previously free. They had previously given tickets for cup finals to their 1,100 staff members with travel to Wembley, along with pre-match food and hotel accommodation included, but that was withdrawn.

That led to a report that claimed United captain Bruno Fernandes offered to pay for the staff trip to London out of his own pocket. There has also been chatter that players threatened to pay for their own flight home from Wembley when Ineos organised a coach back to Manchester.

After Ratcliffe's investment into United was signed off, a review of the club's operations began and found United had the highest employee