PAUL SCHOLES ripped into Sir Jim Ratcliffe and slammed Manchester United’s ticket prices in a scathing attack.
There has growing anger and protests from fans aimed at the new owners after they made the decision to scrap concessions and hike prices to a minimum of £66 per ticket for members.
Ratcliffe’s controversial moves have come as he tries to fix the club’s balance sheets by cutting costs.
The billionaire has made 250 people redundant, cancelled the staff Christmas party and made them pay for their own travel to last season’s FA Cup final among other money-saving hacks.
And with United having a poor season on the pitch, Scholes slammed Ineos’ first 12 months at Old Trafford.
On SkyBet‘s The Overlap Fan Debate, he said: “They have been in charge for nearly a year now and everything is still negative.
“I can’t think of something positive that they’ve done for the football club.
“Things are getting worse on the football pitch so couldn’t they have just said that they would do cheaper tickets – couldn’t they just give us something positive.
“How can you ask Manchester United fans to pay more money with what is on the football pitch.”
Scholes added: “£66 for a ticket is ridiculous. If you think of Manchester, there are so many deprived areas.
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“Sir Jim Ratcliffe himself is from Failsworth, which is a deprived area.
“If you take one kid with you, that is £120, if you take a family, you are looking at £300-400 – it is just not right.
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“For the value – we’re probably having our worst ever Premier League season and they’ve got the cheek to put the prices up.
“There is nothing positive happening with that football club. The team look bang average. They are not doing anything for fans.
“If we have got Sir Jim Ratcliffe, compared to all these American owners, who has been a United fan since growing up in an area in Manchester – he is still hiking prices up.
“It just shows that they don’t care.”
Banners reading “stop exploiting loyalty” have been seen at Old Trafford in recent games.
There are also fears among United’s 55,000 season-ticket holders that a hefty price hike is likely for them next season.
United already have the most expensive lowest price ticket to an match in the league at £66.
Ratcliffe was dubbed “Scrooge” last month after a sensational month of cost-cutting saw Christmas bonuses halved and a donation to a charity that helps former players axed.