12-10-2022, 11:40 AM
Not good news:
Britain's richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe says the Glazer family told him they do not want to sell Manchester United - but he is still interested in buying a Premier League club.
Ratcliffe, 69, was unsuccessful in his bid to buy Chelsea in May.
The billionaire, whose Ineos group owns Nice in France and Swiss club Lausanne, met brothers Joel and Avram Glazer.
"It is owned by the six children of the father and they don't want 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 proper gentlemen.
"If it had been for sale in the summer, yes, we would probably have had a go following on from the Chelsea thing.
"But we can't sit around hoping that one day Manchester United will become available."
United have been owned by the Glazer family since 2005.
Britain's richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe says the Glazer family told him they do not want to sell Manchester United - but he is still interested in buying a Premier League club.
Ratcliffe, 69, was unsuccessful in his bid to buy Chelsea in May.
The billionaire, whose Ineos group owns Nice in France and Swiss club Lausanne, met brothers Joel and Avram Glazer.
"It is owned by the six children of the father and they don't want 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 proper gentlemen.
"If it had been for sale in the summer, yes, we would probably have had a go following on from the Chelsea thing.
"But we can't sit around hoping that one day Manchester United will become available."
United have been owned by the Glazer family since 2005.