da esport bet： Gary Neville hailed Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS group for bringing in positivity in the Manchester United squad.
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Neville hails RatcliffeMan Utd on a five-match winning streakMan Utd beat Luton Town 2-1 on SundayWHAT HAPPENED?
The Manchester-born billionaire's minority takeover at Manchester United was approved by the Premier League earlier this week following an independent review. With Ratcliffe and his INEOS group set to be responsible for football operations at Old Trafford going forward, club legend Neville hailed the business for the team's "change in energy" in recent games.
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Speaking to reporters, Neville said, "The turn in Manchester United's fortunes has coincided at the point where Jim Ratcliffe came in. I think it might be a little bit of a coincidence. You remember that second 45 minutes against Aston Villa on Boxing Day which damaged Villa. The two Manchester United games will really damage Unai Emery because they played really well in both games.
"They hammered United in the first half. United were breathtaking in that second half, that was Jim Ratcliffe's first game as it were as he'd been announced on Christmas Eve. It has been an about-turn. I think what Jim Ratcliffe has done, he's come in and said to all of them, I'm looking at every single one of you lot. You're all playing for your future."
He added, "They have got the players back, Casemiro was out for a long time, and they had players out in key positions, so there was an element of that but I do believe the mood has changed. What the fans wanted, what everyone connected with United was just some interference with the complete and utter tosh we've seen for 10 years. What's happened is the boardroom has been disrupted, which means there's a completely new energy with decisions being made."
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Further discussing the current mood in the club, Neville stated, "How long have we been asking for a CEO that knows football, a sporting director, a sporting department? I can shut up about it now!
"When you think for 10 years every Manchester United manager has operated without a CEO that's actually been in a football club before, without a sporting director, without a head of recruitment. It's madness, forget negligence, it's just madness. It would never happen at any other club. The more I think about it, what the Glazers have done is show blind loyalty to people who have been really good to them over a long period of time at the club. Ed Woodward was at the club for 10-12 years before he became CEO, he was working on the commercial side. They've been very loyal to him and believed everything he said. I'm sure Ed believed in what he was doing as well.
He further added, "I said it probably 10 years ago, it was like they were playing Football Manager. They can go and have a look at some of the best players in the world. [Angel] Di Maria, [Radamel] Falcao, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic and they played Football Manager with the club for 10 years without having serious people operating the club, which other clubs have. It's unbelievable."
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Erik ten Hag's side are now unbeaten in their last seven matches across all competitions which includes five consecutive wins. On Sunday, they registered a narrow win over Luton Town thanks to a brace by Rasmus Hojlund. They are currently five points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa.