Inside the mind of Sir Jim Ratcliffe: MIKE KEEGAN sits down with the new Man United supremo and gets the inside track on his masterplan - and why he bid for Chelsea
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Inside the mind of Sir Jim Ratcliffe: MIKE KEEGAN sits down with the new Man United supremo and gets the inside track on his masterplan - and why he bid for Chelsea

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Rasmus Hojlund meant his chest goal. So why then, if he loves United so much, did he try to buy Chelsea not two years ago?‘ Mail Sport's Mike Keegan spoke with Sir Jim Ratcliffe after the British billionaire and INEOS were officially confirmed as part owners of Manchester United on Tuesday evening Ratcliffe has now taken control of football operations at the club, with a 27.7 per cent stake The British billionaire wants to transform Manchester United's home into the 'Wembley of the North' in a complete rebuild of the stadium which could cost upwards of £2billion Your browser does not support iframes. Old Trafford currently has a capacity of 74,310 but United have long wanted to increase that Ratcliffe described Man United's hierarchal structure as 'outdated' and vowed to change it He believes boss Erik ten Hag shouldn't be reporting in directly to the chief executive Newcastle’s Dan Ashworth is lined up next, with Ratcliffe describing the prospect of the Saudi-backed north-east club allowing him to sit on gardening leave for 18 months as ‘completely absurd’. So I think the key thing is our trajectory, so that people can see that we’re making progress.’ Mail Sport's Mike Keegan Insiders say INEOS, headed by sporting director Sir Dave Brailsford, ‘have the keys’. The Red Devils have been in the shadow of Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool and Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in recent seasons, having once been the juggernauts of English football The INEOS chief has vowed to knock United's rivals, Man City and Liverpool, off their perches Sir Alex Ferguson, similarly, famously vowed to knock Liverpool off their perch back in 2002 ‘People in the north pay their taxes like the people in the south pay their taxes,’ he declares.

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