{"id":154328,"date":"2024-02-21T17:16:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T17:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/sir-jim-ratcliffe-completes-man-utd-takeover\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T17:16:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T17:16:57","slug":"sir-jim-ratcliffe-completes-man-utd-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/sir-jim-ratcliffe-completes-man-utd-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Jim Ratcliffe completes Man Utd takeover \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Manchester United have confirmed that Sir Jim Ratcliffe\u2019s 25% share purchase has now been finalised.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe received Premier League approval from the Premier League last week and, with the Football Association also now giving the green light, Ratcliffe and INEOS are free to start work at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo become co-owner of Manchester United is a great honour and comes with great responsibility,\u201d Ratcliffe said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis marks the completion of the transaction, but just the beginning of our journey to take Manchester United back to the top of English, European and world football, with world-class facilities for our fans. Work to achieve those objectives will accelerate from today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Co-chairman Joel Glazer added: \u201cI would like to welcome Sir Jim as co-owner and look forward to working closely with him and INEOS Sport to deliver a bright future for Manchester United.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-1301-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-827614\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have confirmed that Sir Jim Ratcliffe\u2019s 25% share purchase has now been finalised. Ratcliffe received Premier League approval from the Premier League last week and, with the Football Association also now giving the green light, Ratcliffe and INEOS are free to start work at Old Trafford. \u201cTo become co-owner of Manchester United is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":154329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sir Jim Ratcliffe completes Man Utd takeover \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/sir-jim-ratcliffe-completes-man-utd-takeover\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sir Jim Ratcliffe completes Man Utd takeover \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manchester United have confirmed that Sir Jim Ratcliffe\u2019s 25% share purchase has now been finalised. 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