Sir Jim Ratcliffe has contacted followers instantly for the primary time since agreeing to purchase a 25% stake in Manchester United, calling for “time and patience”.
After greater than a yr of exploring so-called “strategic alternatives” – together with funding or a sale – the membership’s deeply unpopular house owners, the Glazer household, reached a cope with Sir Jim, chairman of INEOS, for £1.25bn.
INEOS will take over the administration of United’s soccer operations, with the agency’s director of sport, Sir Dave Brailsford, watching the aspect’s match towards Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
Sir Jim has now written to the Manchester United Supporters’ Trust (MUST), the Fans’ Forum and the Fans’ Advisory Board, promising INEOS is “in for the long-term”.
“I wanted to write to you at this time given the critical role of the fans to the future of Manchester United as we recognise our responsibility as custodians of the club on your behalf,” he wrote.
“I believe we can bring sporting success on the pitch to complement the undoubted commercial success that the club has enjoyed.
“It would require time and persistence alongside rigour and the best degree {of professional} administration. You are formidable for Manchester United and so are we.”
He added there are “no guarantees in sport”, however that “together we want to help take Manchester United back to where the club belongs” on the very high of world soccer.
“I take that responsibility very seriously,” he stated, including he doesn’t count on to talk publicly concerning the membership till the deal has been ratified by the Premier League – which might take 4 to 6 weeks.
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Sir Jim, who says he’s a childhood United fan and was born in close by Failsworth, agreed the deal following a drawn-out possession saga that lasted 13 months.
The membership’s US-based house owners, the Glazer household, revealed their intention to undertake a strategic overview of their choices, together with the potential of promoting up, in November 2022.
MUST had stated followers have “mixed feelings” over the sale and “remain sceptical” as a result of the Glazer household nonetheless runs the membership.
Source: information.sky.com”