We won, but it collapsed, devastated, against the times...Manchester United fan outbursts of anger "I won't transfer my player to Manchester United"

Jul 02, 2024

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Criticism has been raised that the team itself is collapsing as the leaders of Manchester United have begun to neglect the women's team.

The Guardian reported on the 1st (Korea Standard Time) 'Manchester United has been questioned about the club's intentions and commitments since the women's team re-launched in 2018' and is neglecting the women's team under its new owner, Jim Ratcliffe.

Football fans supporting Manchester United's women's team are now furious. This is because Manchester United is running a women's team, but it feels like they are not interested in the team at all. Manchester United fans are also angry in the transfer market.

The biggest incident was the transfer of goalkeeper Mary Earps. The Owls are a World Class that has been selected as the FIFA goalkeeper of the year for two consecutive seasons from 2022. Compared to the Manchester United men's team, David de Gea is in his prime.

The Manchester United women's team released such a player as a free agent without receiving a transfer fee. After joining the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) women's team, Appes said, `I think it's time for a new challenge. It's not a light decision. Manchester United will soon be in transition and I don't think that's consistent with my career, unfortunately. So I thought it was the right time to take on a new challenge," he said, explaining the reason for the transfer. In sum, he didn't like Manchester United's current situation to remain as a world-class app.

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Not only the Owls, but also Lucia Garcia, the winner of the Women's FA Cup, and Kate Zellem, the captain, will all leave the team. Last season, he also made an incomprehensible decision to release two ace-class players on free agency. Fans who support the Manchester United women's team are angry about the club's move amid concerns that further departures may continue in the future. Despite this neglect, the Manchester United women's team showed promise by winning the FA Cup for the first time last season.

Nevertheless, the reason why Manchester United's women's team players are trying to leave the team is because they feel that the club is neglecting the women's team. This summer Manchester United instructed the men's first-team squad to use the training ground used by the women's team next season after announcing it would remodel Carrington, the training ground for men's first-team players. Women's team players have to spend one season at a makeshift training ground.

Naturally, the operation of the soccer team revolves around the men's team, but there is no choice but to talk about the treatment of the women's team. Regarding this, the Guardian criticized, "'Ratcliffe knows well that the men's team has a much more serious problem with a sluggish league season despite winning the FA Cup, but he doesn't seem to have the same understanding on the women's team issue.' Several agents interviewed by the Guardian are all "I will not send my player to Manchester United," he reportedly said.

In fact, Ratcliffe recently responded to a question about the women's team "We haven't reviewed the details of the women's team yet. We have focused on solving the first team problem for the past six months", he admitted that he did not watch the women's team significantly.

Although the market for women's soccer is still smaller than that of men's soccer, European women's soccer has been growing rapidly recently. The Chelsea and Arsenal women's teams have already grown enough to generate revenue from the game. Manchester United are showing a reverse move.

rlaeotlr2024@sportschosun.com