{"id":300671,"date":"2023-12-18T21:24:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=300671"},"modified":"2023-12-18T21:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:24:28","slug":"ratcliffes-man-united-investment-could-be-confirmed-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/ratcliffes-man-united-investment-could-be-confirmed-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratcliffe&apos;s Man United investment could be confirmed before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s \u00a31.25bn stake in Manchester United could be confirmed before Christmas, Mike Keegan tells It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8230; but what does it mean for January signings and Old Trafford upgrades?<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>INEOS billionaire is poised to take charge of United&#8217;s football operations\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But fans expecting sweeping changes on and off the pitch may be disappointed<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Roy Keane is right! Virgil Van Dijk is disrespectful. We all thought Man United would get pasted so Erik ten Hag was RIGHT to set up like that \u2013 It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester United could finally confirm Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s \u00a31.25billion investment before Christmas, Mike Keegan has told Mail Sport&#8217;s It&#8217;s All Kicking Off show.<\/p>\n<p>But fans hoping Ratcliffe&#8217;s arrival will lead to big-name January player arrivals and large-scale improvements to Old Trafford are likely to be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>INEOS billionaire Ratcliffe is poised to take a 25 per cent stake in United and control of football operations.<\/p>\n<p>There is hope the injection of cash will enable United to keep pace with rivals such as Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal in the Premier League and compete in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side still look short in several areas during an underwhelming season that sees them off the pace in the league and already out of the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/13\/79086753-12877125-image-a-73_1702907128367.jpg\" height=\"413\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s buy-out of a 25 per cent stake of Manchester United is set to be confirmed<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/13\/79086691-12877125-image-a-74_1702907162862.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The billionaire&#8217;s arrival comes as United endure a disappointing season on the pitch<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/13\/79086695-12877125-image-a-81_1702907214760.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen what impact Ratcliffe&#8217;s arrival at United will have on Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering an update to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off on Monday, Keegan said: &#8216;The hope is still that it will be announced before Christmas, in the coming days, were the words given to me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have a decent source in the US and they believe the next few days is realistic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;One caveat to that is the approval process will take between six to eight weeks. United fans listening might think that&#8217;s the transfer window out of the question.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The transfer window, I am told &#8211; do not expect big moves from Manchester United and that has nothing to do with the takeover. That is to do with Financial Fair Play and the balance sheet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am told the bits of business you can expect are: Jadon Sancho out on loan if they can find the right move for him and Donny van de Beek, a loan move out for him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not like this gets announced and all of sudden there&#8217;s all these players that Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s group have got lined up and in they come.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe&#8217;s arrival has come with a promise of \u00a3250million for infrastructure improvement, including to Old Trafford, which has been allowed to decay in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/13\/79086799-12877125-image-a-83_1702907275738.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Outcast Jadon Sancho will be allowed out on loan in January if the right opportunity emerges<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/13\/79086809-12877125-image-a-84_1702907326687.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rarely-seen midfielder Donny van de Beek could also be on his way out in the window\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/13\/79086693-12877125-image-a-82_1702907243476.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It has been reported that \u00a3250million has been set aside for improvements to Old Trafford<\/p>\n<p>However, Keegan has cautioned fans expecting enormous change that \u00a3250m won&#8217;t go that far.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;United went away in 2022 and got the architects to come up with a load of proposals for Old Trafford &#8211; and that was for everything. Including knocking it down and starting again,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They went away and did that and came back with all the different proposals at a cost of north of a billion quid for some of them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;\u00a3250m is not enough now, according to people I&#8217;ve spoken to, is not enough to knock down the Sir Bobby Charlton Stand given the increases in costs and what that would entail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/13\/79086861-12877125-image-a-85_1702907416641.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>United&#8217;s early exit from the Champions League will have a huge knock-on effect on finances\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, for me, my intel from the INEOS side is their priority is sorting out what is happening on the pitch, rightly or wrongly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You go to Old Trafford a lot, it needs a lot of work but I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s going to get that work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It would surprise me if they didn&#8217;t do anything but I think it would be more of a cosmetic facelift, if you can call it that. You might notice a new lick of paint here and there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The corporate thing is the big thing, that&#8217;s the revenue driver. So it wouldn&#8217;t surprise me if the prawn sandwich brigade got some nice new suites.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wouldn&#8217;t expect wholesale changes to Old Trafford.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12877125\/Sir-Jim-Ratcliffe-Manchester-United-confirmed-Christmas-Mike-Keegan-January-signings-Old-Trafford-upgrades.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s \u00a31.25bn stake in Manchester United could be confirmed before Christmas, Mike Keegan tells It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8230; but what does it mean for January signings and Old Trafford upgrades? 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