Manchester United bidder Sir Jim Ratcliffe was once slammed by one of his own players at Nice.
is thought to be increasingly confident of securing a 25 per cent stake in United after Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani withdrew from the process of buying theIt has been widely reported that Ratcliffe wants to assume control of football operations should his £1.3billion offer be approved.
It is not clear how an Ineos minority stake would be structured and if the Glazers would accept it, however, an agreement could be finalised at a United board meeting set to take place on Thursday., Ratcliffe and his Ineos group are thought to hope that should they take charge of the football side of the club's business with a quarter share, it may reassure supporters unhappy that the Glazers will remain at United.
Nice finished an underwhelming ninth and Ratcliffe was among those to be scrutinised for the underachievement. A year earlier the Brit had said he wanted the club to compete withIndeed the mixed zone, after Nice’s 0-0 draw with Toulouse in May, club captain Dante was critical of the“To maintain a project, maybe you need to speak less about objectives and work in silence to create an environment of competitors. Because the expectation is even bigger, and then after, people are frustrated.
“It’s difficult in these conditions. Simply, we mustn’t make the same errors. If someone wants my opinion, the earlier we organise ourselves, the better it will be. If we want to aim higher, we have to anticipate things and put the values of the organisation in place.“We lost 10 players, 10 arrived. The teams in the semi-finals of big competitions play together for three, four years. We changed everything last summer. There is a lack of coherence somewhere. I am sorry to say that.
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