Glazers could blind side Jim Radcliffe amidst Manchester United takeover speculation

Co-Co-Owners!

Operationally, Ratcliffe’s oversight brought structural tweaks, new hires like CEO Omar Berrada, though the sporting director role sits vacant following Dan Ashworth’s departure to the FA in May. Yet on-pitch results lag. Under Ruben Amorim, United languish mid-table.

A three-year deal for the Portuguese manager, highly touted as among the best young managers in the world of football surely means that Sir Jim has a lot of patience and trust on the former Sporting CP boss, but as fans, we lack the only tangible feeling, that is of trophies.

A full UAE swoop could inject Gulf-level funds, which would help push recruitment and infrastructure to the next level, potentially catapulting United back to title contenders. Yet another ownership split, say Zilliacus allying with Ratcliffe, risks conflict of interest. INEOS’s solo football reins have streamlined decisions, even though most of them have been questionable, but throwing in another player in the mix might just increase dialgoue count and not decision-making.

The worrisome part is, every owner/consortium onboards as a set of enthusiastic fans who wish to bring about change and all of that, but what actually happens when they’re put to the test is; excel sheets start talking more, decisions are taken on the basis of business first, and football later. Let’s see how things do with this development.