Here are your Thursday morning Manchester United headlines.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been running football clubs for over five years now.
It all started in the Swiss city of Lausanne, situated on the picturesque Lake Geneva, which the International Olympic Committee calls home, just as Ratcliffe's chemicals company INEOS also did for some seven years. November 2017 marked the British businessman's first move into football by buying the city's for-sale side FC Lausanne-Sport.
Within two years, another club, OGC Nice, was added to the INEOS Sport stable, which already included a cycling franchise and sailing team. The football expansion could continue even further, having since also acquired Ivory Coast-based Racing Club Abidjan, in the coming months should a proposed takeover of Manchester United by the boyhood supporter come to fruition.
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As the sale saga continues, a glance at Ratcliffe's tenure on the French Riviera offers a potential insight into how United may fare if INEOS are successful. And it’s not been plain sailing - another sport Ratcliffe has invested in - since the 2019 takeover.
Despite stating ambitions to challenge Paris Saint-Germain for the French title, Nice have yet to come close to that. Two fifth-place finishes are their best performances to date and this season's side are unlikely to break new ground, sitting in seventh, 10 points adrift of even Europa League qualification.
The summer's recruitment drive of signing Ross Barkley and Kasper Schmeichel in cut-price deals from the Premier League as well as Aaron Ramsey on a free transfer from Juventus caught the eye. But perhaps for past glories rather than present ability. More than €80 million has been spent signing several players
Here are your Thursday morning Manchester United headlines.
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Here are your Saturday evening Manchester United headlines.
Qatar's Sheikh Jassim bin Hamas Al Thani has submitted his second bid for Manchester United.
Paris Saint-Germain are set to escape serious UEFA sanctions despite incurring significant losses due to their sustained overspending across recent seasons.
Marcus Rashford will hold out on signing a new contract at Manchester United until assessing what prospective new owners can offer him, according to reports.
Tyrell Malacia believes he and Marcus Rashford 'give each other energy' down the left-hand side as the Dutchman detailed his relationship with the striker and fellow left-back Luke Shaw.
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Manchester United supporters have been left shocked following Finnish businessman Thomas Zilliacus' proposal to buy the Reds.
Bids not received
Manchester United's share price has risen by six per cent ahead of the deadline for takeover bids today.