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Sir Jim Ratcliffe finally completes £1.3bn deal to buy 27.7 per cent of Manchester United

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Sir Jim Ratcliffe has formally completed his £1.3bn deal to buy a quarter of Manchester United.

The petrochemicals billionaire has bought 27.7 per cent of shares in the club, reducing the stake of the Glazer family, in a purchase that values United at over £5bn.

The 71-year-old, from the Manchester suburb of Failsworth, became one of Britain’s

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