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Eamonn Sweeney: Jim Ratcliffe is one of the worst owners possible, but he’s far from unique

Jim Ratcliffe. Photo: Mike Egerton / PA

Jim Ratcliffe. Photo: Mike Egerton / PA

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Football is no longer the people’s game. It’s the plutocrats’ game, their prize possession and their plaything.

No-one epitomises this more than Jim Ratcliffe who, in less than a year at Manchester United, has become the unacceptable face of sporting capitalism.

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