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THE MAN FOR MAN U

A COMPLETE misery – that’s what being a Manchester United fan has been for him over the past decade.

His beloved club is one of the biggest in the world and it should be playing the best football, he says. “And it hasn’t been doing that for 10 or 11 years. I want to see it back where it should be.”

And Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the Red Devils’ new multibillionaire part-owner, is making bold moves to fulfil his dream.

Fans sat up in surprise recently when Jim announced his plan for the summer transfer season: all senior players except Kobbie Mainoo (19), Rasmus Højlund (21) and Alejandro Garnacho (19) would be up for sale.

It’s been described as a brutal cull – but it also shows

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