{"id":471501,"date":"2023-12-01T05:16:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=471501"},"modified":"2023-12-01T05:16:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:16:08","slug":"sir-jim-ratcliffe-wants-a-british-core-in-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/sir-jim-ratcliffe-wants-a-british-core-in-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants a British core in Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a strategic shift for Manchester United&#8217;s future, prospective co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is steering the club towards a renewed emphasis on British talent acquisition. Breaking away from recent trends that favored international prospects, Ratcliffe has directed the selection team to prioritize attracting homegrown players.<\/p>\n<p>Since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013, the club&#8217;s infusion of local talent into the first team has been limited, with just seven players making the cut. They were Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Daniel James, Jaden Sancho, Mason Mount, and the experienced Jonny Evans, who has a longstanding association with the club.<\/p>\n<p>With Ratcliffe set to acquire a 25% stake in Manchester United, his vision is clear: revitalizing the team&#8217;s fortunes by nurturing a core of talented British players. However, this mission is no easy feat, as the inflated prices of quality English players in recent years have posed a significant challenge. Many clubs recognize the value of recruiting top-tier players from other leagues at more reasonable costs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 Sir Jim Ratcliffe is set to instruct a new-look Manchester United recruitment team to prioritise homegrown talent as he aims to fire the club back to English football\u2019s summit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#mufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mujournal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#mujournal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamiMokbel81_DM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SamiMokbel81_DM<\/a>] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8gubfE71zO\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/8gubfE71zO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 United Journal (@theutdjournal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theutdjournal\/status\/1730250605996773866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reports from the Daily Mail suggest that Manchester United&#8217;s interest in English talent is manifesting in pursuit of two key players. Brentford striker Ivan Toney, a coveted target for both Arsenal and Chelsea, has caught the club&#8217;s attention. Additionally, Crystal Palace&#8217;s commanding centre-back, Mark Gei, emerges as another prospect on Manchester United&#8217;s radar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a strategic shift for Manchester United&#8217;s future, prospective co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is steering the club towards a renewed emphasis on British [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":471502,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16789,17425],"news_category":[136,14235],"gn_keywords":[17559,21763],"acf":{"announce":"The future co-owner of the Red Devils is planning to bring back the homegrown players","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/471501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/471501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471503,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/471501\/revisions\/471503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471501"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=471501"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=471501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}