Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Evening Standard

    Sir Jim Ratcliffe completes Manchester United minority stake purchase

    by Marc Mayo Dec 24, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: Various

    Sir Jim Ratcliffe has completed his deal to buy 25 per cent of Manchester United.

    Months of talks between the British billionaire and the Glazers have finally been concluded and Ratcliffe will now take control of footballing matters at the club.

    The 71-year-old is expected to commit around £245million of his personal fortune to upgrade the club’s aging infrastructure as part of the deal.

    Together with the purchase price

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Evening Standard

    Evening Standard3 min read
    Cross Erected In Memory Of Explorer Shackleton To Travel 7,000 Miles To Scotland
    A memorial to polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton will travel more than 7,000 thousand miles to Dundee to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his birth. The wooden cross from Shackleton’s Hope Point memorial will soon be on display at Discovery Poi
    Evening Standard3 min read
    Arsenal 2023-24 Season Player Ratings: Rolls-Royce Defender, Europe's Best Playmaker And Reborn Forward
    It was another season of progress for Arsenal as they pushed Manchester City all the way but again finished empty-handed. Another summer of spending brought in the likes of Declan Rice and Kai Havertz, who both justified their hefty price tags, while
    Evening Standard3 min read
    Fact Check: Government Sex Education Lesson Restrictions Have Some Flexibility For Teachers
    Green Party peer and former leader Baroness Natalie Bennett claimed a new Government proposal would ban schools from teaching some children who  have begun menstruating about periods. She wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Some pupils start menstruating

    Related Books & Audiobooks