Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group bought a 27.7% stake in United in February 2024 worth about £1.25bn ($1.6bn). The Glazer family, who have owned the 20-time English champions since 2005, retain a majority stake but Ineos have taken control of the club’s football operations. Last month United unveiled ambitious plans to build an “iconic” new £2bn, 100,000-seater … Read more
Club insiders say the actual process, which could lead to 200 staff losing their jobs, has been ongoing for a number of weeks, with most staff already aware if they are to remain at the club or not. However, BBC Sport has been told some staff connected to the first team were not informed of … Read more
Last year all but one of the US-owned Premier League clubs voted to approve changes to rules governing commercial deals, despite opposition from Manchester City and Newcastle United. That may have reinforced fears that if the time comes when 14 of the clubs are controlled from the US, they could vote as a bloc to … Read more
With major US sports leagues regularly playing regular-season games overseas, it would be no surprise if American owners of Premier League clubs pushed to do the same, especially given some of them also own US franchises in the NFL, NBA and MLB. Last year Liverpool chairman Tom Werner told the Financial Times that he hoped … Read more
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