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(Reuters) – Businessman Jim Ratcliffe, owner of chemical group Ineos, has become a minority shareholder in Manchester United football club by taking a 25% stake at a price of $33 per share, the media said on Sunday. English Premier League club.
This operation comes after the Glazer family, which owns the club, announced in November 2022 that they were looking for new investors or a buyer for “MU”.
Jim Ratcliffe has in the past expressed his willingness to buy the most successful club in the English Premier League, as has the former Crown Prince of Qatar, Jassim bin Hamad al Thani, who withdrew from the appeal. offers by indicating that it would not raise $6 billion, leaving the way clear for Ratcliffe.
(Reporting Rohith Nair; French version Jean Terzian)
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