Manchester United Marc Skinner admitted he did not know why the club’s minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe wasn’t in attendance at the women’s FA Cup final on Sunday but stressed investment in the team was more importantly than visibility.
United failed in their FA Cup title defence as they suffered a 3-0 defeat to Women’s Super League winners Chelsea at Wembley Stadium, courtesy of goals from Sandy Baltimore and Catarina Macario.
Sunday’s trip represented United’s third FA Cup final in three years. However, for the second year in a row, Ratcliffe was not in attendance.
The 72-year-old was at Stamford Bridge on Friday for the men’s team’s 1-0 Premier League loss against Chelsea.
Chief executive officer Omar Berrada, technical director Jason Wilcox and majority owner Avram Glazer were in attendance at Wembley on Sunday.
Ratcliffe’s absence last year attracted fierce criticism from fans and pundits and once so again this season.
United head coach Skinner admitted that he was not provided a reason for Ratcliffe’s absence.
“In all honesty, I don’t know why he wasn’t here,” Skinner said. “But I feel we were well represented. Omar was here, the Glazer family, Jason is up there. Those are the people I deal with everyday. That’s the people I need to be here,…
