Sir Jim Ratcliffe is a boyhood United fan who owns Nice and Lausanne-Sport. This is how those two clubs have fared under him...
If supporters are wondering how the club might be run under , they could take a look at how two other teams owned by his company Ineos are faring. French club Nice finished three points off a place in Ligue 1 last season and reached their first major cup final in a quarter of a century, beating Paris Saint-Germain along the way. Advertisement Yet this season, Ineos’ flagship football project are mid-table with an interim manager and several high-profile arrivals struggling to make an impact.
“The people at the club before were good for the middle of the table but I think when Ineos bought the club, they wanted Champions League,” says one former employee. “When you want to be in the Champions League every year, you must have people who know how to play in the Champions League every year.” The old system had worked up until that point.
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