Man United takeover: Will Ratcliffe's proposal change anything?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 16 October 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Ahead of Manchester United’s board being set to vote on selling a minority stake in the club to British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe Ayo Akinwolere is joined by Matt Slater, David Ornstein and Adam Crafton is debate the proposal.
Following Sheikh Jassim’s Qatari group claiming to have withdrawn from the process the panel analyse Ratcliffe's offer to purchase a 25% minority stake in the club, in return for sporting control at Old Trafford.
Plus there's debate around what impact it could have on the Glazers' tenure as well as which personnel could be at risk following INEOS involvement at Manchester United.
Produced by Guy Clarke
Additional Production by Mike Stavrou
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:02.0 | Having had the Fasel signs up for 11 months, could there finally be something to get excited about at Old Trafford? |
| 0:15.0 | Another development coming out of Manchester United. Sir Jim Ratcliffe is close to agreeing a deal to buy a stake in the club. |
| 0:22.1 | Manchester United's board is set to meet this week after British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe |
| 0:26.9 | moved closer to securing a minority stake in the club after Sheikh Yasim's Qatari group |
| 0:32.0 | claimed to have withdrawn from the race. |
| 0:34.7 | It still failed to meet what sources close to Sheikh Jas Dacim had called the Glazers fanciful |
| 0:39.2 | and outlandish valuation of the club and they informed them that they're withdrawing |
| 0:42.5 | from the process. |
| 0:43.5 | So what is the significance of this latest development and could it be the first step |
| 0:48.1 | toward the glazers leaving the club? |
| 0:50.9 | Amayo Akimu Lairi. |
| 0:52.0 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 1:00.6 | Thank you. the club. I'm Ayahu Akimu Lari. Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. With us for this one, on the Monday, we have the athletics, Adam Craft and Matt Slater, |
| 1:05.8 | and also David Ornstein as well. Matt, what happened on Saturday? Can you just bring us up to |
| 1:10.1 | speed? We got confirmation |
| 1:12.3 | of something, I guess, that have been out there in the ether for a while that the Qataris were |
| 1:17.9 | pulling out. You know, there have been some hints of this for a while. So that wasn't a complete |
| 1:23.3 | shock. I mean, it's always, I suppose, when you've been following something for as long as this |
| 1:26.9 | story's gone on, you know, when there is actually a definite development, it does sort of, you know, you sort of go, oh, right, okay, you have to sort of kind of wake up again. So that's the first bit. And then the sort of second bit is that the other lot, Ineos, again, something that has been, you know, developing, has been reported on, |
| 1:45.6 | and, you know, again, not a massive shock. |
| 1:48.0 | This idea of buying a minority stake in Manchester United on a pathway, the first step on |
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