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Manchester United PLC

  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Man Utd’s losses rise after tough season and costs of Ratcliffe deal

    Higher spending on players and wages has not yet translated into better results for football club

    Joshua Zirkzee of Manchester United shoots under pressure from Andy Robertson of Liverpool during the Premier League match between the two clubs at Old Trafford on September 1
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    ReviewFiction
    Munichs by David Peace — United in grief

    The Damned United author’s compelling fictionalisation of the plane crash that killed eight players succeeds as an elegy for society’s lost innocence

    An artistic illustration shows three Manchester United football players wearing retro red kits, with a man in a suit standing behind them. The mural, set against a brick wall, has a weathered look with the text ‘MANUTD’ above
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    Ratcliffe’s race to reboot Man Utd extends beyond the pitch

    New billionaire owner has embarked on sweeping changes in an effort to restore club’s fortunes

    FT montage from left: Jim Ratcliffe, Rasmus Hojlund, Alejandro Garnacho and Diogo Dalot
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    ReviewTelevision
    99 — Manchester United’s historic treble season revisited

    Three-part Amazon series transports fans back to the team’s glory days

    A crowd of cheering football fans surrounds a red double-decker bus on a street, with some of them climbing on lamp posts. A group of men in suits stand on the bus’s top deck holding large trophies.
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Man Utd executives to depart as Ratcliffe puts his stamp on club

    Patrick Stewart and Cliff Baty leaving ‘by mutual consent’ prior to arrival of Omar Berrada from rivals Manchester City

    Manchester United shareholders Avram Glazer, front left, and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, front right, during the FA Cup semi-final between Coventry City and Man Utd at Wembley on April 21
  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    Football
    Ratcliffe wants Man Utd to vie for Premier League title in three years

    New investor warns that transforming the club will take time and upgrading Old Trafford will cost £1bn

    Jim Ratcliffe pictured at Old Trafford in Manchester
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Michael Moritz
    Jim Ratcliffe could be just what Manchester United needs

    His business record indicates he is willing to commit large sums of capital to produce long-term returns

    Manchester United players celebrate a goal during their defeat of Aston Villa in December. Sir Jim Ratcliffe has already shown devotion to winning over the club’s staff and fans
  • Saturday, 3 February, 2024
    Scoreboard
    Golf’s power balance resets Premium content

    Plus, Carlyle co-founder gets into baseball, football’s transfer market tanks

  • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
    ‘It’s by design, not by luck’: Man Utd’s new CEO on the strategy behind his former club City’s treble win

    Omar Berrada faces the daunting task of restoring the 20-times English champions to its former glory

    Manchester United logo and Omar Berrada
  • Saturday, 20 January, 2024
    Scoreboard
    The sports payday made in Manchester Premium content

    Plus, Nadal signs up with Saudi Arabia’s push into tennis

  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
    Manchester United cuts profit forecast after Champions League ejection

    Warning from New York-listed club shows challenge facing new minority shareholder Jim Ratcliffe

    Manchester United and Spurs footballers in action
  • Friday, 12 January, 2024
    Due Diligence
    The never-ending Manchester United deal saga Premium content

    Plus, a look at the speedy bankruptcy of Chinese shadow bank Zhongzhi

    The Due Diligence logo
  • Saturday, 6 January, 2024
    Scoreboard
    The Pop Tarts effect and US college football Premium content

    Plus, darts mania, late reprieve for football agents

  • Wednesday, 27 December, 2023
    News in-depth
    Ratcliffe’s tough experience at Nice offers lessons for Manchester United

    Ineos billionaire’s steep learning curve in French football provides valuable insights to apply at storied English club

    A montage of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Manchester United footballers
  • Sunday, 24 December, 2023
    Jim Ratcliffe seals deal to buy $1.3bn stake in Man Utd

    British tycoon will also invest $300mn in the 20-times English football champions

    Sir Jim Ratcliffe
  • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
    Scoreboard
    Padel boom lures investors Premium content

    Plus, F1’s valuation race hots up, multiclub ownership divides the Premier League, and more

  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    Football
    Ratcliffe nears $33-a-share deal for a minority stake in Manchester United

    The deal would value the Premier League football club at about $5.4bn

  • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
    Manchester United investors left in dark over club’s fate, says top shareholder

    UK fund manager Nick Train lashes out at ‘extraordinarily convoluted’ sales process on FT’s Money Clinic podcast

    Bruno Fernandes, centre, after scoring a goal for Manchester United against Fulham at a match at Craven Cottage stadium in London, England on November 4 2023
  • Saturday, 21 October, 2023
    Football
    English football legend Sir Bobby Charlton dies aged 86

    Former Manchester United footballer was a key member of the World Cup winning team in 1966

  • Saturday, 21 October, 2023
    Sport
    Ratcliffe to the rescue at Manchester United? Premium content

    Plus, media rights gloom, the WNBA super team era

  • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
    Michael Moritz
    Manchester United is a tarnished trophy asset

    Prospective investor in the club Jim Ratcliffe will have his work cut out restoring its fortunes

    Manchester United fans fill a stadium
  • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
    News in-depth
    Jim Ratcliffe and the uphill task to transform Manchester United

    Ineos founder looks to secure minority stake in club and take control of football decisions as unconventional deal nears

    Montage of Manchester United’s logo, Joel Glazer and Sir Jim Ratcliffe
  • Saturday, 14 October, 2023
    Football
    Jim Ratcliffe closes in on deal for Manchester United stake

    Withdrawal of Sheikh Jassim bid clears path for minority investment from Ineos founder

  • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
    UK energy
    Ineos owner Jim Ratcliffe calls UK energy policy ‘crap’

    Britain cannot power itself on wind, says outspoken billionaire industrialist in latest attack

    Sir Jim Ratcliffe
  • Friday, 16 June, 2023
    The Glazers: ‘slow decision makers’ controlling Man Utd’s future

    Billionaire family must decide on whether to end their almost two-decade ownership of the English club

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