Manchester United: Sir Jim Ratcliffe told by Glazers club not for sale

Manchester United owners Avram and Joel Glazer person spoken with Sir Jim Ratcliffe

Britain's richest antheral Sir Jim Ratcliffe says the Glazer household told him they bash not privation to merchantability Manchester United - but helium is inactive funny successful buying a Premier League club.

The billionaire, whose Ineos radical owns Nice successful France and Swiss nine Lausanne, met brothers Joel and Avram Glazer.

"It is owned by the six children of the begetter and they don't privation to sell," Ratcliffe said.

He told told a Financial Times Live conference: "I met Joel and Avram and they are the nicest people. They are due gentlemen.

"If it had been for merchantability successful the summer, yes, we would astir apt person had a spell pursuing connected from the Chelsea thing.

"But we can't beryllium astir hoping that 1 time Manchester United volition go available."

United person been owned by the Glazer household since 2005.

Their Premier League location crippled against Liverpool successful May past twelvemonth was postponed due to the fact that of an organised protestation by United fans against the owners.

Thousands of supporters marched to Old Trafford successful protestation earlier the aforesaid fixture this season, successful August.

Lancashire-born Ratcliffe, the bulk shareholder of chemic radical Ineos, made a precocious bid for Chelsea worthy £4.25bn but mislaid retired to a consortium led by American capitalist Todd Boehly.

In a BBC Sport interrogation pursuing that offer, Ratcliffe said helium is primitively a United instrumentality has "split loyalties" betwixt the 2 clubs.

On inactive being successful the marketplace for a Premier League club, helium said: "The astir fashionable athletics successful the satellite is shot and it is the athletics closest to us.

"So we should person an asset. Not a Premiership (club), I deliberation a premier club."

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