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Avram and Joel Glazer: “We are delighted to have agreed this deal with Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS. As part of the strategic review we announced in November 2022, we committed to look at a variety of alternatives to help enhance Manchester United, with a focus on delivering success for our men's, women's and Academy teams. Sir Jim and INEOS bring a wealth of commercial experience.”

🚨🗣️ Sir Jim Ratcliffe: “Our shared ambition is clear: we all want to see Manchester United back where we belong, at the very top of English, European and world football.” #MUFC

Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS will be delegated control of ALL aspects of Manchester United’s men’s, women’s and academy teams! #MUFC

SJR: ‘We are here for the long term and recognise that a lot of challenges and hard work lie ahead, which we will approach with rigour, professionalism and passion. We are committed to working with everyone at the club – the Board, staff, players and fans – to help drive the club forward.’

SJR: ‘We will bring the global knowledge, expertise and talent from the wider INEOS Sport group to help drive further improvement at the club, while also providing funds intended to enable future investment into Old Trafford.’

HUGE BREAKING NEWS!!!

🚨​𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: Sir Dave Brailsford and Jean-Claude Blanc join Manchester United’s football board of directors as part of the 25% deal. #MUFC [David Ornstein]

🚨 Sir Dave Brailsford will start his assessment of #mufc as soon as possible, and then any decision relating to Ten Hag's job, a football director, and the rest of the football structure, among other things, will be taken. [JamieJackson]

🚨 Manchester United are working on January signings. #MUFC [Fabrizio Romano]

🚨 INEOS will appoint a new Director of Football to oversee a transformation of recruitment. [DickinsonTimes]

🚨 Brighton have been admired by some who have worked at INEOS, and they do also like Graham Potter who was at the Amex Stadium. [mcgrathmike]

📰 | #mufc are no longer taking a close look at Serhou Guirassy. However, FC Bologna striker Joshua Zirkzee has now moved high up on their list. [CMoffiziell]

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🚨John Murtough will leave his post as Director of Football following the arrival of Sir Jim Ratcliffe. [CharDuncker]

BREAKING: Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazers have been urged to demolish an outdated Old Trafford and build a “really innovative and exciting” new stadium, by the architects in charge of Manchester United’s redevelopment project. [TelegraphDucker]

It is estimated that redevelopment and expansion of Old Trafford in its current form would cost upwards of £800 million and has been cited internally as an eight-year project. A new stadium could cost as much as £2 billion. [TelegraphDucker]

| #mufc have their eye on Johan Bakayoko - his market value is estimated at €40m. [CMoffiziell]

🚨 Former Liverpool sporting director Julian Ward has emerged as a surprise contender to take on that role in the fresh backroom at Manchester United.

[Telegraph]

Julian Ward is an ex deputy DOF to Michael Edwards whilst at Liverpool. Both worked together for around 11 years before Edwards step down from the DOF position. Ward took over the role but ultimately step down a few months later on November 2022.