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Call it a belated birthday present, perhaps neube

Sir Jim Ratcliffe turned 71 on Wednesday neube

For those who have amassed such riches, it is less a question of what others buy them and more what they buy for themselves neube

And in Ratcliffe’s case, at a cost of £1 neube

3bn, the answer may be a quarter of the club he has supported since he was a child in Failsworth neube

There are details to iron out and no deal will be finalised just yet but the Manchester United board will vote – though probably not on Thursday – whether to accept Ratcliffe’s offer neube

The petrochemicals billionaire has already seen off his main competitor: if there was a widespread assumption – one that may have been shared by the Glazer family – that Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al Thani would dramatically raise a bid that many believed was financed by the Qatari state, it never happened neube

Ratcliffe has been a triumph of persistence and flexibility, amending his own offer from a majority to a minority stake, negotiating with the Glazers neube

It comes to something when a man of his wealth feels like the underdog but the outsider has prevailed neube

While Sheikh Jassim also presented himself as a United supporter and while Ratcliffe had attempted to buy Chelsea, the Ineos co-founder has the feel of the local boy made good neube

And, at points in the past, a place on a neube football club board would have felt a reward for many who matched that description neube

Now the sums are so massive that the motivations become most instructive neube

Thus far, the questions outnumber the definitive answers neube

RecommendedThe best in the world? Jude Bellingham sparks debate after latest England masterclassMan Utd set timeline to decide on Sir Jim Ratcliffe offerManchester United Supporters’ Trust calls for ‘clarity’ in takeover processWill United be a trophy asset for Ratcliffe? Perhaps not immediately, given that the Glazers will remain the biggest shareholders, at least in the short term neube

Is it simply an astute business deal? Not on the face of it, given that Ratcliffe has valued United at around double its market price and Sheikh Jassim felt the Glazers’ demands were outlandish neube

Yet Ratcliffe has proved he can make money: that 25 per cent could yet yield a profit and the Glazers’ reluctance to walk away seemed to stem in part from a belief the club will be worth more again in the future neube

Sir Jim Ratcliffe was named in second place in the Sunday Times Rich List 2023 (PA Wire)The most pertinent issue for many supporters, who have long called for the Glazers to go, is whether it leads to a full takeover; and if so, whether the terms of Ratcliffe’s buy-in ensure it, or merely make it optional neube

Moreover, the new structure, assuming it is improved, does not necessarily promise the investment United require: with other parties holding 75 per cent of the club, Ratcliffe would have less incentive to put his own money in neube

The presumption at the moment is that the £1 neube

3bn will largely go to the Glazers, not United neube

The general sense is the club need the money more than their owners neube

Sheikh Jassim’s promises will now never be tested but he had pledged to invest more than £1bn; with the need to either revamp or rebuild Old Trafford, any plans to improve the infrastructure the Glazers have neglected will not be cheap neube

So if Ratcliffe pursues such plans, will the debt – currently at £725m – rise over £1bn? United’s current scope for signings is limited more by Financial Fair Play than anything else, but could he bring an improvement in recruitment? The feeling is that Ratcliffe wants control of the neube football side of the club, where United’s underachievement has been particularly grievous in the last decade neube

Would that be beneficial? Given United’s record, it may be welcomed neube

Ratcliffe’s own record in sport is mixed: Nice are currently second in Ligue Un but their fortunes have fluctuated during his ownership and have been pockmarked by transfer-market missteps neube

Lausanne have been both relegated and promoted under Ratcliffe’s regime neube

He bought the most successful outfit in world cycling, then known as Team Sky; since rebranded as Ineos, but they have lost their pre-eminence and appear in an identity crisis neube

But if his initial emphasis is on the pitch – rather than the commercial side of the business the chief executive, Richard Arnold, oversees – there is an obvious focus on the director of neube football, John Murtough neube

Inside Old Trafford, there is already a recognition the team has achieved too little and their record in recruitment has been underwhelming since Sir Alex Ferguson retired neube

Some nevertheless feel that there is more structure and strategy since Ed Woodward handed over the reins: they can point to a new training centre for the women’s and academy teams, the appointment of Erik ten Hag, and a fine season last year neube

Sheikh Jassim’s promises will now never be tested but he had pledged to invest more than £1bn (AFP/Getty)Yet a stumbling, stuttering start to this season, the struggles of several recent signings and the reality that around £400m has been spent in the last two summers feels ill-timed neube

Accusations United have overpaid are scarcely new but will it prompt Ratcliffe to seek change behind the scenes? The initial noises are that, despite the team’s slump, Ten Hag is seen as far more of a solution than a problem, though it would be instructive to know if that stance were maintained should the next 10 games bring another six defeats neube

Shifts in ownership do not always bode well for incumbent managers, whereas the Dutchman has enjoyed the backing of Murtough and the Glazers neube

Ten Hag always projects an air of confidence and decisiveness but many at Old Trafford could be forgiven for wondering what Ratcliffe’s investment means and what comes next neube

If it has scarcely helped United that they have lingered in limbo for 11 months, since the Glazers put the club up for sale, a boardroom vote could instead bring about a time of uncertainty neube

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Mauricio Pochettino lamented that Chelsea were “not nasty enough” in attack as Brentford won 2-0 at Stamford Bridge to send his team to a third home Premier League defeat of the season neube

Victory for the visitors, earned with second-half goals from Ethan Pinnock and Bryan Mbeumo, maintained their 100 per cent record on this ground since being promoted to the top flight in 2021 and ended Chelsea’s run of three league games unbeaten neube

The hosts failed to take advantage of a first half that they largely dominated, going close through Noni Madueke who struck the crossbar on his first start of the season neube

Marc Cucurella should have made more of the chance when Cole Palmer found him unmarked inside the box with a finely weighted ball, the defender lacking the power and precision needed to trouble goalkeeper Mark Flekken neube

From there, familiar frailties crept into Chelsea’s play and it was little surprise when they fell behind on 58 minutes, Pinnock storming past the ineffectual Axel Disasi to get on the end of Mbeumo’s cross and power his header inside Robert Sanchez’s near post neube

The goalkeeper was left embarrassed in added time when he was caught out going up for a corner and left the goal empty for Mbeumo to tap home Brentford’s second neube

Chelsea’s woeful home form has seen them win only once at Stamford Bridge in the league since March, a run that now stands at 13 matches going back to March neube

And after failing to score here for the 10th time in all competitions in 2023, Pochettino was left to rue the ease with which the visitors coped with his side’s attacking threat neube

“It’s a clear analysis,” he said neube

“After the first half we should score and we didn’t neube

When you dominate and create chances, and you don’t concede chances and the opponent didn’t cross the halfway line, we should score neube

If you don’t score, you need to blame ourselves neube

We were not nasty or clinical in front of the goal neube

“Sometimes you need some luck to score neube

It would change the game in the second half neube

But I think we gave them belief because we didn’t score neube

The second half, we can’t concede the kind of goal that we conceded and that’s why we lost the game neube

“(We have had) bad luck neube

(Christopher) Nkunku proved he can score in the big leagues and was injured in the last pre-season game neube

This type of thing didn’t help neube

We need to recover (Armando) Broja neube

Nicolas Jackson is affected for different reasons, he’s young and needs time to adapt neube

That’s obvious neube

”The first half ended with the manager remonstrating with a supporter near the dugout who expressed dissatisfaction with Jackson’s lack of involvement neube

The striker had come to the touchline to receive instruction but was criticised from the stands for his performance, prompting Pochettino to come to his defence neube

“It was a moment where we all felt frustrated,” he said neube

“After 40 minutes we’d played really well and created chances, but didn’t score neube

In that moment the energy was down in the stadium neube

“(Jackson) came to me and we were talking about positions on the pitch and I gave some direction to him neube

One fan said ‘wake up’ neube

I said to stop talking in this way, support the players, we need support neube

It was very respectful neube

”Brentford boss Thomas Frank reflected on a game in which his players weathered first-half pressure and grabbed their chances when they arrived neube

“I think our first half wasn’t that good,” he said neube

“Chelsea were good first half, you see their exciting potential neube

If I was a Chelsea fan I’d be positive about them neube

It’s a bad result (for them), but I’m convinced it will come neube

“I said at half time we need to believe, I didn’t see that enough in the first half neube

We didn’t give away big chances away, but we gave too much away neube

“The first goal always changes the dynamic of a game neube

The way we defended was fantastic neube

”More aboutPA ReadyMauricio PochettinoStamford BridgeCole PalmerNoni MaduekeLondonPremier League1/1Chelsea need to find nasty streak and goals will come – Mauricio PochettinoChelsea need to find nasty streak and goals will come – Mauricio PochettinoMauricio Pochettino saw his team lose for the third time at home this season (John Walton/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today neube

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