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In an interview with the United We Stand magazine last year, Sir Jim Ratcliffe slammed the data department at Old Trafford . “Until we are as good as anyone in the world, then it’s not good enough for Manchester United . We must have the best recruitment in the world," said Ratcliffe.

"Data analysis comes alongside recruitment. It doesn’t really exist here. We’re still in the last century on data analysis here. There’s an immense amount of useful data that we can get from data analysis and we’re in the 'very poor' bracket with data analysis here.

"These things don’t happen overnight. You can’t just flick a light switch and sort out recruitment. It’s all about people and we need to find the right people.”

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