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Acquired 27.7% of the club’s shares Securing Manchester United operating rights

British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, the new owner of Manchester United (Man United) in the English Professional Football Premier League (EPL), announced that he would catch up with Manchester City (Man City) and Liverpool within three years.

Ratcliffe, the founder of global chemical group Ineos, recently acquired a 27.7% stake in the club and became a co-owner of Manchester United along with the American Glazer family.

Among the team owners, the overall operating rights of the football club belong only to Ratcliffe.

Ratcliffe, who has been a fan of Manchester United since childhood, is known to have invested about 1.6 billion pounds (about 2.7 trillion won) in Manchester United through this transaction.

Ratcliffe said in an interview with local media such as the Guardian on the 22nd (local time), “We have a lot to learn from our noisy neighbor (Manchester City) and our other neighbor (Liverpool),” and added, “There is nothing I would love more than to catch them and knock them down.” “He said. 메이저사이트

Manchester United, which was the most prestigious team in the EPL during the time of former coach Alex Ferguson, fell out of the title race behind Manchester City and Liverpool after Ferguson retired.

However, owner Ratcliffe, who emerged as Manchester United's savior, was confident that he could catch up with them.

He said, “Fans have to be patient. These days, we are satisfied with immediate change, but not in football,” he said. “It is not a plan that will take 10 years. “You can catch it in three years,” he said.

He also shared his thoughts on expanding Old Trafford, his home stadium.

Ratcliffe said: “Old Trafford has good options to refurbish. “It will probably cost 1 billion pounds (about 1.68 trillion won),” he said.

He continued, “Then it will be a stadium that can accommodate 80,000 to 90,000 people. However, there is also the task of remodeling facilities attached to railway lines, etc. “It’s hard to say it’s a perfect plan,” he added.

Regarding the future of Manchester United manager Eric ten Haag, who ranked 6th in the EPL this season (14 wins, 2 draws, 9 losses), he said, “There have been several managers over the 11 years (after Manager Ferguson left). “Some were great, but none succeeded and none survived for long.”

At the same time, he said, “However, none of them were in a proper working environment,” and indicated that he would focus more on improving the team structure. 토토사이트