ManchesterWorld’s Michael Plant gives a run down of his experience meeting Sir Jim Ratcliffe, when the billionaire expects to have his buyout of 25% of Manchester United ratified, and what his role will be at the club.
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00:00 Yeah, I mean I thought he came across as a pretty relaxed figure. He certainly didn't
00:07 seem phased by a room full of hungry journalists with plenty of questions. He seemed pretty
00:12 relaxed. He didn't strike me as someone, I mean, if you walked past him in the street
00:17 you'd never guess he's a billionaire, you know, I think second richest man in the UK.
00:24 You would never believe that, kind of from even the way he carries himself, I thought
00:28 as well. Yeah, he's going to run the football side of the operations. The Glazers are going
00:32 to run the commercial business aspects of things. He is going to run the football side,
00:36 so he's going to be in charge of things like hiring and firing managers, transfer business,
00:41 things like who's appointed to oversee, you know, like a director of football, things
00:48 like that. I mean the big thing he discussed was though that he is hopeful that he's 100%
00:52 satisfied with the Premier League by the middle of February, I think he said early to mid-February.
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