Capital injection completes billionaire’s pledge to invest $300mn into English football club
Portuguese manager has won two titles with Sporting Lisbon but has never led a club outside his home country
Dutchman leaves club despite winning two domestic trophies as the team languishes in the lower half of the Premier League
Higher spending on players and wages has not yet translated into better results for football club
The Damned United author’s compelling fictionalisation of the plane crash that killed eight players succeeds as an elegy for society’s lost innocence
New billionaire owner has embarked on sweeping changes in an effort to restore club’s fortunes
Three-part Amazon series transports fans back to the team’s glory days
Patrick Stewart and Cliff Baty leaving ‘by mutual consent’ prior to arrival of Omar Berrada from rivals Manchester City
New investor warns that transforming the club will take time and upgrading Old Trafford will cost £1bn
His business record indicates he is willing to commit large sums of capital to produce long-term returns
Plus, Carlyle co-founder gets into baseball, football’s transfer market tanks
Omar Berrada faces the daunting task of restoring the 20-times English champions to its former glory
Plus, Nadal signs up with Saudi Arabia’s push into tennis
Warning from New York-listed club shows challenge facing new minority shareholder Jim Ratcliffe
Plus, a look at the speedy bankruptcy of Chinese shadow bank Zhongzhi
Plus, darts mania, late reprieve for football agents
Ineos billionaire’s steep learning curve in French football provides valuable insights to apply at storied English club
British tycoon will also invest $300mn in the 20-times English football champions
Plus, F1’s valuation race hots up, multiclub ownership divides the Premier League, and more
The deal would value the Premier League football club at about $5.4bn
UK fund manager Nick Train lashes out at ‘extraordinarily convoluted’ sales process on FT’s Money Clinic podcast
Former Manchester United footballer was a key member of the World Cup winning team in 1966
Plus, media rights gloom, the WNBA super team era
Prospective investor in the club Jim Ratcliffe will have his work cut out restoring its fortunes
Ineos founder looks to secure minority stake in club and take control of football decisions as unconventional deal nears
