Man Utd's switch not a 'light' one, says Ratcliffe

Ratcliffe has taken control of football operations at United following his recent £1 billion purchase of a 25 percent stake in the Premier League side. As he conducts wide-ranging review of United's football operation, Ratcliffe is working with his long-term assistant Dave Brailsford, with Omar Berrada eventually coming in as chief executive from Manchester City.

Ratcliffe made it his goal to knock Manchester City and Liverpool from their position as the Premier League's preeminent forces, but he acknowledged achieving that target will be a long journey. "The two people who are most focused on it would be Dave and myself, in terms of how we resolve it all," Ratcliffe said.

"We've now got Omar Berrada of course, our new CEO from Manchester City, who is still on gardening leave at the moment, he'll be a big part of it. It's Dave and myself really. You have to believe with Manchester Utd, if we get all the details right, all the right people in the right boxes, doing the right things in the right environment, that sporting elite environment that the results will drop out the bottom.

"Those things are not right at Manchester United today as we've said very clearly. It's not a light switch, it's a much longer road to travel because there's so many aspects to it."