Matt Slater Sir Jim Ratcliffe cleared another hurdle last week in his bid to construct a controversial, government-backed building that will be the largest of its kind in Europe. Confirmation that the Flemish government has issued a new environmental permit for Project One, the ethane ‘cracker’ he is building in Antwerp for €4billion (£3.4bn; $4.4bn), […]
Written by Matt Slater
Laurie Whitwell Amid all the change at Manchester United since Sir Jim Ratcliffe completed his deal to acquire control of the club, there was a sense of deja vu as Erik ten Hag stood in front of a cluster of people thrusting cameras and microphones in his face. In the tunnel of the Williams-Brice Stadium, […]
Written by Laurie Whitwell
Laurie Whitwell Manchester United have never known a summer quite like it. Erik ten Hag’s place as manager at Old Trafford may have remained untouched, but around him, almost everything has changed, with new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe reshaping a club that for long periods during the Glazer family’s 19 years of ownership felt like […]
Written by Laurie Whitwell
Oliver Kay This is football heritage. A four-word sentence that became a meme after Jose Mourinho said it seven times in a single press conference. This was the opposite of “I prefer not to speak”. It was March 2018 and Manchester United had been beaten at Old Trafford by Sevilla in the Champions League’s first […]
Written by Oliver Kay
Dan Sheldon Wednesday will mark the anniversary of Manchester United dropping two of their most significant club statements in recent years. The first dropped at 5.30pm. It signalled the end of Cristiano Ronaldo’s second spell at Old Trafford, detailing in 67 words that the Portugal international would be leaving United by mutual consent. Four hours […]
Written by Dan Sheldon
Mark Critchley In the spring of 2005, as the Glazer family attempted to push through their £790million leveraged buyout of Manchester United, a meeting was held in London at the offices of the investment bank Cazenove. There, three of Florida-based tycoon Malcolm Glazer’s sons — Joel, Avram and Bryan — talked to members of United’s […]
Written by Mark Critchley
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