Ratcliffe spoke to Bloomberg about his first six months as director at United.
He said, "The coach is not the central problem at Manchester United. It is a sports club.
"It has to be competitive, it has to be a certain degree of intensity, but with a positive side because you are dealing with players who are relatively young. There has not been this type of environment historically."
Ratcliffe also stated on the club's team building plans: “Manchester United don't have players valued at €100 million or more.
“We want to be where Real Madrid are today, but it will take time. We are a little handicapped. It will take two or three summer windows to get to a better place.
"I'm not sure we will solve all the problems in the first transfer window. Net spending since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill is £1.1 billion. Real Madrid are worth £200m and today they have 6 or 7 players valued at over £100m. United don't have one. And they made the new Bernabeu…”