Ruben Amorim let Marcus Rashford go out on loan. (Image: Getty)
It’s the interview that has rocked , and according to one body language expert, didn’t reveal his true feelings during it. The minority owner’s talk with on the Overlap has provoked a huge reaction, not least because of his revelations about the club’s financial issues.
Ratcliffe claimed that the expenditure on the squad and the salary bill had “gone through the roof” at the club. He also bullishly claimed if drastic cuts weren’t made. However, he cut a more uncertain tone when discussing the performance of manager so far and, in particular, his decision to let go out on loan.
I am very pleased he is doing well,” said Ratcliffe. “It’s good to see because he has got tremendous talent, but for whatever reason, it wasn’t working in Manchester for the past couple of seasons. But he is a very talented footballer, Rashford.”
However, body language expert Darren Stanton believes the 72-year-old was hiding some resentment over his exit to . Neville pressed Ratcliffe on the issue, as well with Stanton noting the significance of his initial reaction.
“He sits back in his chair, takes a deep breath and that’s what we call distancing behaviour,” he told OLBG. “I think because he’s got to be seen to be loyal to Ruben’s decision-making process.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe had made some divisive comments this week. (Image: Getty)
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“But I don’t think he wholeheartedly agrees. I mean he can’t openly disagree. When he takes a breath, that’s what people tend to do when they’re about to say something that’s controversial or potentially damaging.”
Few, however, would have expected a comparison to the Rashford saga and past love triangle controversy in the White House. Stanton though, believed Ratcliffe’s mannerisms mimicked Bill Clinton’s notorious television denial in 1998.
He added: “We like to physically distance ourselves, and we like to verbally distance ourselves too, in examples like Bill Clinton when he claimed he ‘did not have relations with that woman’. Clinton didn’t name Monica Lewinsky because to do so would humanise her, and that’s an extreme example to make a point.
“I don’t feel that Ratcliffe is entirely happy with some of these decisions, especially with Rashford, and again he verbally says one thing and non-verbally his body says the opposite.”