Manchester United are in awful form and the club's supporters have turned their attention to Old Trafford's hierarchy including Sir Jim Ratcliffe

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe was not present at Stamford Bridge as Michael Carrick's side lost to Chelsea. Nevertheless, supporters were keen to make their feelings clear about the billionaire, a move that could prompt Ratcliffe to look for his exit.

While Michael Carrick once again received some appreciation from the away cohort, and even the players came together with fans following the full-time whistle, United's hierarchy were the focus of disgruntled chants.

Jason Wilcox and Omar Berrarda will have felt the heat in west London, the Glazers received their customary chants and Ratcliffe's role continues to receive further scrutiny. The Ineos boss has been targeted over the treatment of fans and staff, but now it's increasingly about the product on the pitch.

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“You can stick your new stadium up your a***”, “Sell United and f*** off home”, “Just like the Glazers, Jim Ratcliffe’s a c***".

Whether that is enough to ruffle Ratcliffe's feathers remains to be seen. In an interview last year the 74-year-old admitted he had no desire to be treated like the Glazer family are, however.

"Eventually, if it reached the extent that the Glazer family have been abused, then I’d have to say, ‘Look, enough’s enough guys, let somebody else do this.'" he said.

“They can’t really come to a match,” he added. “At the moment, I don’t have security, I don’t have to walk around like that. But it would defeat the object, wouldn’t it? You couldn’t tolerate it at that level. It just wouldn’t be fun.”

Nine matches without a win doesn't scream fun for United, and with matches to come against a Roma side yet to taste defeat in Serie A and Aston Villa, things are far from guaranteed to get better imminently. Even if United do decide to pull the trigger on Michael Carrick's exit during the international break, Liverpool welcome them back.

Frustration has grown away from the stands over Ratcliffe's stewardship to. The Glazers are said to be unhappy with the direction of the club under their co-owner.

A source with connections to the family told the Mail that 'it's a travesty and not what they expected or were promised,' before adding that 'they have never run the club this way.'

Meanwhile, ESPN reported that the Glazers believe Ratcliffe 'couldn't have masterminded a worse situation.' Adding, a source described his 'downgrading in all departments' at Old Trafford as 'the opposite of what he said his strategy is.'