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'More like Mission Championship!' - Sir Bradley Wiggins tears into Sir Dave Brailsford for role in Man Utd demise as he reveals he has 'no respect' for former cycling boss

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<p>The 2012 Olympic road cycling champion and Tour de France winner did not wish to hide his feelings about his former boss at British Cycling and Team Sky, who has been working at United since Sir Jim Ratcliffe purchased a 28 percent stake in the Red Devils. Brailsford has been working on 'Mission 21', the plan to deliver United's 21st league title by 2028. But the plan is not exactly on track as United are on course for their <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/ruben-amorim-gives-definitive-response-to-sack-talk-as-man-utd-slump-to-51-year-low-after-disappoint/bltf02917e84e2bcff2" target="_blank">worst league finish since being relegated in 1974</a>. The club is also in disarray off the pitch amid <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/this-cannot-continue-man-utd-confirm-up-to-200-job-losses-ceo-omar-berrada-warns-of-need-to-stop-continuously-losing-money/bltb88318c699ee2bdb" target="_blank">the decision to make a further 200 staff redundant</a>. Wiggins ridiculed his handling of the club while speaking at an event on Friday.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>"I’m not a fan of Dave Brailsford. I couldn’t even sit here and say, ‘I don’t like him, but I respect what he has done.’ I really haven’t got a lot of time for him, to be honest," Wiggins said, via <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling/2025/03/08/an-evening-with-bradley-wiggins-people-ruined-heavy-price/" target="_blank"><em>The Telegraph</em></a>. "Mission 21? More like Mission Championship."</p>

WHAT WIGGINS SAID

<p>Wiggins fell out with Brailsford in the aftermath of the 'jiffy bag' scandal which tarnished his and Team Sky's achievements, as well as the revelation that Wiggins had gained therapeutic use exemptions to take a banned substance. In 2017 Wiggins dismissed Brailsford's 'marginal gains' theory, which he put forward as the secret to his success in cycling, as <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-4352592/Sir-Bradley-Wiggins-SLAMS-Sir-Dave-Brailsford-s-mantra.html" target="_blank">'a load of rubbish'.</a></p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>United players were reported to be unimpressed when they met Brailsford. According to <a href="https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/41852463/manchester-united-ineos-mess-players-flights-staff-cuts-ferguson-old-trafford" target="_blank"><em>ESPN</em></a>, Brailsford told the players that he lived on the most exclusive street in Monte Carlo, but that he was coming to Manchester because he was going to help make United better.  The players left the room rolling their eyes and shaking their heads.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>United host Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday. Before the match thousands of supporters are expected to protest against the leadership of the Glazer family and Ratcliffe, with campaign group The 1958 <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/sir-matt-busby-turning-in-grave-man-utd-protest-group-blames-glazer-family-biggest-crisis-since-munich-air-disaster-fans-urged-wear-black-arsenal-game/blt96b5910097e162ee" target="_blank">urging fans to wear black to mourn the slow death of the club.</a></p>

WHAT NEXT FOR MAN UTD?

'More like Mission Championship!' - Sir Bradley Wiggins tears into Sir Dave Brailsford for role in Man Utd demise as he reveals he has 'no respect' for former cycling boss | Goal.com

Cycling legend Bradley Wiggins has taken a cheeky dig at former boss Dave Brailsford for his role in Manchester United&apos;s terrible season.

&apos;More like Mission Championship!&apos; - Sir Bradley Wiggins tears into Sir Dave Brailsford for role in Man Utd demise as he reveals he has &apos;no respect&apos; for former cycling boss

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