LONDON – British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos company officially joined the race to buy Manchester United on Tuesday.
United’s owners, the Glazer family, said they were willing to listen to offers for the Premier League club in November and Ratcliffe is keen to strike a deal.
Boyhood United fan Ratcliffe, who made an unsuccessful pound sterling4.25 billion ($5.2 billion) bid to buy Chelsea last year, has long been linked with the Old Trafford outfit.
“I can confirm that we have formally put ourselves into the process,” an Ineos spokesman told AFP.
After failing with his Chelsea takeover when Roman Abramovich sold the Blues to American tycoon Todd Boehly and his consortium, Ratcliffe is…
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