Seems that Manchester United's Jim Ratcliffe is in a spot of bother. [View all]

Jim Ratcliffe is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the INEOS chemicals group.(1) INEOS owns ManU. While ManU fans have been raging at their ownership for years, Ratcliffe seems to have poured petrol on their dumpster fire.

His latest misstep was to go on a Reform Party-style rant that "the UK has been colonised by immigrants" and "nine million people on benefits and huge levels of immigrants coming in." (2) Sounds familiar, right?

So of course, milquetoast UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer DEMANDED an apology. (3) Ratcliffe did. (4) Sure I believe him, just like I believe Trump wants to will his fortune to Black Lives Matter. But Starmer's got Epstein problems anyway, and the UK version of the "strongly worded letter" seems unlikely to help him much while the wolves in his party circle, one red-headed female one in particular. (5)

What this means for the football club is anyone's guess at this point. Fan groups have much more influence over what happens in European sports clubs than in the US, but I still don't expect Ratcliffe to be ousted just now. Put a pin in it and stay tuned.

Me, I think they should have 50 points deducted and be relegated from the Premier League, but that's just me wanting Tottenham Hotspur to stay up.

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(1) https://www.ineos.com
(2) https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/jim-ratcliffe-uk-immigration-starmer-man-united-b2918555.html; https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/2169841/Sir-Jim-Ratcliffe-immigrant-interview-Man-Utd; https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-manchester-united-jim-ratcliffe-36707625.
(3) https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/keir-starmer-jim-ratcliffe-colonised-immigration-man-utd-b2918646.html
(4) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jim-ratcliffe-migrants-manchester-united-b2919206.html
(5) https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/angela-rayner-keir-starmer-resign-labour-leadership-b2915827.html