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Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has confirmed the Red Devils have been blocked from signing Nice centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Ratcliffe, who also owns Ligue 1 side Nice, purchased a controlling share of United earlier this season and was quickly tipped to strike a deal to bring Todibo to Old Trafford with him after the 24-year-old established himself as one of the top young defenders in Europe.<\/p>\n
However,\u00a0Fabrizio Romano<\/em>\u00a0revealed on Wednesday that, despite advanced talks over a potential transfer, UEFA rules had blocked United from doing business with Nice while both clubs are under Ratcliffe\u2019s control.<\/p>\n
Ratcliffe confirmed as much in an interview with\u00a0Bloomberg<\/em>, voicing his confusion towards the decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve said we can sell him to another Premiership club, but we can\u2019t sell to\u00a0Manchester United,\u201d Ratcliffe said. \u201cBut that\u2019s not fair on the player and I don\u2019t see what that achieves.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ratcliffe\u2019s association with both Nice and United has long led to questions about the two teams\u2019 ability to play in the same UEFA competition as the current rules forbid clubs under the control of the same entity to compete against each other.<\/p>\n
Red Bull Salzburg and RB Leipzig, both owned by Red Bull, faced an investigation into that issue in 2017 and were only granted permission to play in the same competition after officials linked to the drinks franchise were removed from the former\u2019s board.<\/p>\n
Not only have Salzburg and Leipzig competed against each other since, but they have also done several deals in the transfer market. Dominik Szoboszlai and Benjamin Sesko are the most notable names to have made the switch from Austria to Germany since the investigation was closed.<\/p>\n
Manchester City\u00a0are also facing similar scrutiny in their pursuit of Brazilian winger Savio, who has been signed from Troyes after a season on loan with Girona \u2013 two clubs also under the ownership of the City Football Group.<\/p>\n
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has confirmed the Red Devils have been blocked from signing Nice centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo this summer. Ratcliffe, who also owns Ligue 1 side Nice, purchased a controlling share of United earlier this season and was quickly tipped to strike a deal to bring Todibo to Old Trafford with him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
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