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British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe's company Ineos has confirmed it has made a bid to buy Manchester United, pledging to make the Premier League team “the ...

Ratcliffe, who already owns French club Nice, last year said he had no interest in another bid for a Premier League club after missing out on Chelsea and receiving little encouragement from the Glazers for United. Ineos also appeared to cast itself as an alternative to foreign ownership, with the Qatari bid coming in the wake of a Saudi takeover of Newcastle last year. “We can confirm that Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos have submitted a bid for majority ownership of Manchester United Football Club,” the company said in a statement.

(Reuters) -Manchester United have received a bid from Jim Ratcliffe's company INEOS for "majority ownership" of the Premier League club, the chemical firm ...

The initial deadline for bids expired on Friday. They next welcome Leicester City on Sunday. “We want a Manchester United anchored in its proud history and roots in the North-West of England, putting the Manchester back into Manchester United and clearly focusing on winning the Champions League,” the statement said. United fans have been clamouring for a change of ownership and the Glazers, who also own the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, have been criticised as the team last won trophies in 2017, lifting the Europa League and League Cup. “We would see our role as the long-term custodians of Manchester United on behalf of the fans and the wider community,” INEOS said in a statement. “We are ambitious and highly competitive and would want to invest in Manchester United to make them the number one club in the world once again.”

British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe's company Ineos has confirmed it has made a bid to buy Manchester United, pledging to make the Premier League team “the ...

Ratcliffe, who already owns French club Nice, last year said he had no interest in another bid for a Premier League club after missing out on Chelsea and receiving little encouragement from the Glazers for United. Ineos also appeared to cast itself as an alternative to foreign ownership, with the Qatari bid coming in the wake of a Saudi takeover of Newcastle last year. “We can confirm that Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos have submitted a bid for majority ownership of Manchester United Football Club,” the company said in a statement.

Ratcliffe is pursuing a majority takeover of the club he supported growing up in Manchester.

British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe's company Ineos has confirmed it has made a bid to buy Manchester United, pledging to make the Premier League team “the ...

Ratcliffe, who already owns French club Nice, last year said he had no interest in another bid for a Premier League club after missing out on Chelsea and receiving little encouragement from the Glazers for United. Ineos also appeared to cast itself as an alternative to foreign ownership, with the Qatari bid coming in the wake of a Saudi takeover of Newcastle last year. “We can confirm that Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos have submitted a bid for majority ownership of Manchester United Football Club,” the company said in a statement.