{"id":2849,"date":"2024-04-24T20:04:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/manchester-united-sir-jim-ratcliffes-innovative-solution-to-a-major-problem-in-football\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T20:04:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:04:50","slug":"manchester-united-sir-jim-ratcliffes-innovative-solution-to-a-major-problem-in-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/manchester-united-sir-jim-ratcliffes-innovative-solution-to-a-major-problem-in-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United: Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s innovative solution to a major problem in football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article contains affiliate links, and we will receive a commission on any sales generated from it. Man Utd has been linked with Luton Town midfielder Ross Barkley. The connection may seem like a lack of ambition in the transfer market initially, given the need for long-term upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s reported interest makes sense when considering the bigger picture. INEOS took Ross Barkley to Nice last season. Ten Hag&#8217;s midfield options against Sheffield United were limited, with several players sidelined due to injuries.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, United had no natural midfielder on the bench and several positions were left unattended, leading to the U18s being called up. Barkley may be a target for the Red Devils&#8217; new regime, but he wouldn&#8217;t arrive as the marquee midfield addition of the summer. Our community members receive special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out at any time. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time.<\/p>\n<p>Read our Privacy Policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article contains affiliate links, and we will receive a commission on any sales generated from it. Man Utd has been linked with Luton Town midfielder Ross Barkley. The connection may seem like a lack of ambition in the transfer market initially, given the need for long-term upgrades. However, Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s reported interest makes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrews-utd.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}