Since last week, Sir Jim Ratcliffe is officially a 27.7% co-owner of Manchester United, a percentage which could increase in the years to come. The boss of INEOS did not wait for the news to be made official to begin the major maneuvers within the emblematic English team. In the press release linked to his arrival, Ratcliffe was blunt about his ambitions at MU. “This is just the start of our journey to return Manchester United to the pinnacle of English, European and world football, with world-class facilities for our supporters. The work to achieve these goals will accelerate from today.”
He doesn’t think he’s saying that well. On the one hand, Dan Ashworth (Newcastle) will quickly become the new technical director of the Mancunian club. Then, the new decision-maker of the Red Devils is seriously considering building a new stadium for MU. At the level of the professional team, there will be changes since Jim Ratcliffe wants to get rid of 11 players, or an entire team. The current coach, Erik Ten Hag, is in the hot seat and has not obtained official support from the businessman. Not good news, especially since behind the scenes, INEOS is working on recruiting a new major coach to turn around a Manchester United team looking for a second wind and an English championship title. for 11 years.
Zinedine Zidane, the dream of INEOS
According to our information, INEOS simply dreams of giving the reins of Manchester United to Zinedine Zidane. If the name of the 51-year-old French technician, winner of three consecutive Champions Leagues with Real Madrid, has already been mentioned in the past at Old Trafford, the situation is different today. Indeed, Jean-Claude Blanc, the shadow man at INEOS, is a great admirer of ZZ and had already tried to recruit him when he was at PSG.
But succeeding in completing Zidane’s arrival will not be easy. Announced almost systematically as soon as a coach of a major European club is fired (most recently Thomas Tuchel at Bayern Munich), the 1998 world champion with the Blues remains lurking in the shadows and is still waiting for the ideal project to take over. relaunch. In recent hours, Zinedine Zidane confided that he was open to coming to coach in Italy, proof of his desire to return to the sidelines. Will Jean-Claude Blanc and Sir Jim Ratcliffe be able to find the right words to convince Zidane to join them at MU? Response in the coming weeks.
