Difficult times in Manchester United. The Ruben Amorima team is in the Premier League the lowest in history, because just above the relegation zone and loses in league with almost everyone. Sweeten this nightmare league season can only “red devils” victory in the Europa League, and here in finalewhich will take place in Bilbao, their rival will be another English club in crisis Tottenham.
It is also unstable and specifically in the club itself. After the minority packet of shares in February 2024 was acquired by the founder and president of the INEOS – Sir Jim Ratcliffe company, the club makes numerous unpopular savings actions (the release is to reach as many as 450 people), except for the team itself, which is overpaid for the next year and does not give specific sports results.
Ratcliffe itself, in turn, has a much greater impact on the club's functioning than described in the messages, and measures to the great reconstruction and renovation of Old Trafford, on which he wants to spend 300 million euros.
Manchester United will change the owner? Sir Ratcliffe may remain with nothing by one clause
But will this happen? This is not so sure. The British billionaire is still based on the possibility of buying the whole club from the hands of the Glazer family, and this will open the gate on the basis of which he can remain completely on ice in barely three months.
According to “The Athletic”, all thanks to the “Drag – Along” clause. If the Glazer family as the majority shareholder of Manchester United receives an offer to sell the entire club that will satisfy it, he can force minority shareholders to sell their shares at the same price. Although Sir Jim Ratcliffe has the option to compensate for such an offer, he has not shown for today that he takes into account the purchase of the entire United. It is speculated that INEOS may withdraw from other supported sports entities for this purpose, for now there is no declaration about the takeover of the entire club.
The “Drag – Along” clause, which will enter into force in three months (18 months after the sale of the minority Ratcliffe action package) means that Ratcliffe could not even count on returning what he has already paid. He would have to adapt to the amount accepted by the Glazers or level it to buy the whole club from their hands.
Such a scenario means that Jasim's Sheikh can enter the game again, which is suggested by “Manchester Evening News”. At the end of 2023, he offered 4.8 billion pounds for the entire Manchester United, but the Glazers expected amounts by a billion higher pounds. Despite this and the entrance to Jim Ratcliffe's united themeand now he would get the perfect chance to come back to him.
– Sheikh Jasim is still a rich guy. He is still a united fan. He does not intend to throw himself and try to take over another Premier League club. If the opportunity to buy the entire Manchester United appears again in the future, it is difficult to imagine that there is not much interest. The plans are still valid – one of his advisers said in a conversation with “Daily Mail” in December. All this means that it can still be very interesting in this matter.