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Matt Cooper: Ratcliffe’s radical plan for embattled Manchester United is built on sand

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The club’s financial track record over the last decade has been disastrous – and it is surprising that co-owner Jim Ratcliffe seems to have been taken aback by this

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Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner, Manchester United, pictured with Ratcliffe’s proposed 100,000-seater Man United Stadium: MUFC cannot finance this from its own resources, and any banker or private equity boss taking an investment pitch from Ratcliffe would have some very interesting questions to ask

When Jim Ratcliffe paid the American Glazer family an estimated $1.3 billion for a minority 29 per cent stake (and management control) of Manchester United ...

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