Man Utd fan group slams ‘fresh kick in the teeth’ after Sir Jim Ratcliffe decision

Manchester United supporters have been left furious by ticket price hikes at Old Trafford despite the club’s dismal season after the team finished 15th in the Premier League – with Sir Jim Ratcliffe finding himself under huge pressure

Manchester United fans have slammed the club for a “fresh kick in the teeth” after new 2025-26 ticket prices were revealed – with some costing as much as £97 on general admission.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has come under fire from supporters for his decision-making at Old Trafford following a series of cost-cutting measures that has seen him slash concessions and raise prices, on top of scrapping free lunches for staff. He has also axed Sir Alex Ferguson from his ambassadorial role amid the club’s perilous financial position.

It has come during a disastrous season for United after sacking Erik ten Hag and replacing him with Ruben Amorim – though the Portuguese coach failed to arrest the team’s slump and ended up finishing 15th.

United also lost the Europa League final against Tottenham and will be without European football entirely in the 2025-26 campaign, another major blow to their financial position.

Now the Manchester United Supporters Trust have spoken out to condemn United chiefs for their ticket hikes, which they say are “against the interest of fans”.

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“This really is a fresh kick in the teeth for Manchester United fans,” the statement read. “When the Club said they were introducing this new model for Members tickets, we urged them to keep the majority of matches at current levels and only apply the highest price category for a small number of the biggest games, and reduced prices for lower demand games.

“Once again, they have failed to consult any of the fans representative bodies on the details of the decision, and once again they’re making choices against the interests of fans and, we believe, the Club as a whole.”

Category A tickets, against Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham and Newcastle, will cost between £59 and £97, while Category B – the most common ticket featured across 11 Premier League fixtures – will set fans back between £57 and £86.

Category C, meanwhile, is set to cost roughly £37-£60 – but that will only be present for two games, against Sunderland and Wolves. Category D is the cheapest ticket bracket at a range of £32-£52 and will only be used for cup games.

United are still set to be active in the transfer window despite their limited transfer funds, having already snapped up Matheus Cunha from Wolves for £62.5m, and are also hoping to sign £70m-rated Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford.

However, the club are hoping to offload expensive stars such as Marcus Rashford, Antony and Jadon Sancho from their wage bill to continue saving as much money as possible and reinvest it into their team. Earlier this year, Ratcliffe revealed United would have gone bust by Christmas without their new cost-cutting regime.

“Manchester United would have run out of cash by the end of 2025,” he said in an interview with Gary Neville. “Where do you want to spend the money? Do you want to spend it on operating the club or do you want to spend it on the squad? Because if you spend it on the squad, you get better results.

“The losses are because the club’s just been spending money needlessly. We’ve got a body language consultant. There’s all sorts of stuff we’re spending money on that we don’t need to be.”

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