🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to buy a stake in Manchester United, with a view to taking full control if the Glazers welcome new investment
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- 🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Cristiano Ronaldo has asked to be allowed to leave Manchester United should the Premier League club receive a satisfactory offer in the transfer window
- EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United have called an emergency board meeting to discuss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s dismissal as manager. The Sunday Times understands the virtual meeting has been scheduled for 7pm with Solskjaer’s compensation terms on its agenda.
- Eric Bailly 🗣️ “Manchester United should avoid favouring English players and give everyone a chance. That doesn’t happen at Chelsea or other big Premier League clubs. Some people take it for granted that they are going to start, and that weakens the team”
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- 🔺 NEW: A mystery figure from the United Arab Emirates paid Manchester City £30 million to cover sums that were supposed to have come from one of their main sponsors, a leaked Uefa report has revealed
- 🔺 NEW: World Athletics is likely to follow swimming in imposing a ban on transgender athletes from elite women’s races, with its president, Lord Coe, stressing that “biology trumps gender” when it comes to fairness in competition thetimes.co.uk/article/transg…
- 🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Thomas Tuchel has agreed to become the new England manager after concluding a deal with the Football Association and an unveiling is expected this week Read more ⬇️
- 🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Ineos have entered the bidding process to buy Manchester United. Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of Britain’s richest men, has confirmed that he is officially in the running to buy the club from the Glazers
- Replying to @TimesSportThe Glazer family has also instructed club officials to further accelerate attempts to persuade Zinedine Zidane to take over the managerial position mid-season, increasing United’s financial offer to the three-times Champions League winning coach.
- Gabriel Jesus wants to join Arsenal, who are expected to increase their offer which is short at present of Manchester City’s valuation of around £50 million
- 🔺 NEW: Imane Khelif’s next opponent at the Paris Olympics says she is not scared of her fight against the boxer at the centre of a gender row, and said she cannot understand why the Algerian’s first opponent “gave up” Read more ⬇️
- Relegation now looks very real prospect for Man City and Chelsea After the Premier League handed out a ten-point deduction to Everton, @martynziegler explains what could happen next for other clubs. Click to read ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/relega…
- 🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal have made Declan Rice their top target this summer and are growing in confidence that they can beat Chelsea to his signature



