The low blow of the new Manchester United board to Harry Maguire

Manchester United is going through a restructuring process, the English team has made important investments in recent years, but the reality is that they have not been reflected in the sporting results. Given this, the club hopes to achieve this new restructuring in an important way and with this, the team is already preparing for the arrival of the new board of directors and owners. Given this, they would seek to adopt a measure that affects players like Maguire.

Firstly, according to Express, Manchester United have begun to put pressure on Erik Ten Hag to improve results in the short term. On the other hand, according to Mail, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the new board he is recruiting for Manchester United want priority to be given to the transfer of British players over foreign players. This time, the team hopes to do a total cleanup at the club.

Manchester United is just about to have a new owner, at least 25% of the team will be sold to Sir Jim Ratcliffe for 1.3 billion pounds sterling, that is, a fortune. Yes, Jim Ratcliffe, who would have Toto Wolff, that famous Formula 1 character, as a partner, would seek to renew the Red Devils squad because there are many things that do not work.

Who is Jim Ratcliffe?

Businessman Jim Ratcliffe was born in 1952 in Failsworth, Manchester, England. According to BBC, he is the son of a carpenter and from a very early age he showed interest in United. In May 2023, The Guardian listed Jim Ratcliffe as the second richest person in the United Kingdom, with a fortune of approximately £30 billion, surpassed by businessman Gopichand Hinduja who has around £35 billion. Although in April 2022 he tried to get Chelsea and failed, he owns other sports clubs such as OGC Nice and the INEOS cycling team.