Tag: Ratcliffe

19 September 2026 Off

Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Man Utd co-owner ‘must go’ says Muslim fan group

By Total Football News

The Manchester United Muslim Supporters group says club co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe “must go” after he spoke out against immigration levels and said the country was “on the slide”.

Billionaire Ratcliffe, who is one of Britain’s richest people and founder of petrochemical giant Ineos, made the comments in an interview with the BBC on Saturday.

Ratcliffe said the UK was in decline because of a combination of high taxes and

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18 May 2025 Off

Women’s FA Cup final: Sir Jim Ratcliffe absence obscures the big issues at Man Utd

By Total Football News

Yet is it realistic to fight with Chelsea?

There was a lot of talk about the Champions League but United’s path to the lucrative main draw is fraught with hazards for Skinner’s side. Firstly, they must come through a semi-final and final just to make it through the second qualifying round. Inter Milan and Roma are big-name potential opponents – but Swedish side BK Hacken are also in the draw

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16 May 2025 Off

Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Man Utd co-owner’s wealth falls by £6.5bn

By Total Football News

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has seen his wealth fall by £6.473bn – more than a quarter of his fortune – in the last year, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List, external.

The 72-year-old’s wealth has declined from £23.519bn to £17.046bn in the past 12 months.

He has slipped from fourth to seventh on the annual list of the UK’s 350 richest people.

Ratcliffe’s Ineos

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15 March 2025 Off

Manchester United: Sir Jim Ratcliffe says abuse would lead him to walk away

By Total Football News

“They can’t really come to a match, the Glazers. They’ve retreated into the shadows a bit now, so I’m getting all the stick.

“We bought in and I haven’t seen them since. It’s, ‘thank you, Jim, you’re doing a really good job’.

“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

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10 March 2025 Off

Sir Jim Ratcliffe interview: Man Utd co-owner says some players are ‘not good enough’ and ‘overpaid’

By Total Football News

When Ratcliffe and Ineos joined the Old Trafford hierarchy, many fans welcomed the arrival of a boyhood fan and billionaire to help restore the club’s former glories.

However, a year on, the relationship with some supporters has soured.

A mid-season rise in some ticket prices affecting under-16s and pensioners, and hundreds of redundancies are among the moves taken by the club which have attracted criticism, with cost-cutting measures including the

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7 December 2024 Off

Manchester United: Sir Jim Ratcliffe says “difficult and unpopular decisions” needed at club

By Total Football News

Ten Hag had been handed a contract extension in the summer after a post-season review before being sacked in October.

“I know we get criticism in the press but we do need to challenge the cost of running this club because what I want to be free for us to do is buy really good footballers, not spend so much of the money on infrastructure,” he said.

“We can’t run

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4 October 2024 Off

Erik ten Hag: Decision over Manchester United manager ‘not my call’, says Sir Jim Ratcliffe

By Total Football News

Ten Hag has won two trophies in two years at Old Trafford, but an impressive 2-1 victory against Manchester City in May’s FA Cup final proved vital to the Dutchman keeping his job.

Ten Hag ended the club’s six-year wait for silverware with victory against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final in his first season at the club, also achieving a third-place finish in the Premier League.

But his second

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