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How Man United’s Jim Ratcliffe made the fortune he needed to buy a stake in his beloved club

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Jim Ratcliffe surprised fans when he made all but three of the team’s players available for transfer. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)
Jim Ratcliffe surprised fans when he made all but three of the team’s players available for transfer. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)

A complete misery – that’s what being a Manchester United fan has been for him over the past decade.

His beloved club is one of the biggest in the world and it should be playing the best football, he says. “And it hasn’t been doing that for 10 or 11 years. I want to see it back where it should be.”

And Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the Red Devils’ new multibillionaire part-owner, is making bold moves to fulfil his dream.

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