{"id":296841,"date":"2023-11-19T01:24:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T01:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296841"},"modified":"2023-11-19T01:24:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T01:24:55","slug":"ursea-suggests-ratcliffes-investment-will-boost-uniteds-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/ursea-suggests-ratcliffes-investment-will-boost-uniteds-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Ursea suggests Ratcliffe&apos;s investment will boost United&apos;s spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Former Nice boss Adrian Ursea offers encouragement that Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s investment will boost Manchester United&#8217;s spending power<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adrian Ursea feels Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s investment will boost Manchester United\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ursea previously managed Nice, who are owned by Ratcliffe&#8217;s INEOS group\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Southgate&#8217;s loyalty to his players is an issue and a weakness &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Nice manager\u00a0Adrian Ursea believes that Sir Jim Ratcliffe will have a hugely positive impact at Manchester United and will significantly boost the club&#8217;s spending power.<\/p>\n<p>It is anticipated that Ratcliffe&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a31.3billion investment in United, for a 25 per cent stake of the club, will be confirmed next week.<\/p>\n<p>However, it may be another two months before the investment is ratified by the Premier League. United have already confirmed that chief executive Richard Arnold is leaving the club, while there have been suggestions that football director John Murtough could also depart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ursea worked under Ratcliffe at Nice, who are owned by the billionaire&#8217;s INEOS group. In 2021, Urse save the club from relegation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Having previously been at Nice as an assistant coach to Patrick Vieira, Ursea recalled how the club had financial problems. However, those issues were eradicated once INEOS became involved.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/23\/77975999-0-image-a-74_1700350690748.jpg\" height=\"413\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Adrian Ursea believes that Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s investment will boost Manchester United<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/19\/00\/77976817-12766393-image-a-99_1700353943782.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ursea was previously the manager of Nice, who are owned by Ratcliffe&#8217;s INEOS group\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ursea stated that Ratcliffe wasn&#8217;t a regular visitor to the club&#8217;s training ground but his brother Bob was more heavily involved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As reported by The Mirror, Ursea said: &#8216;The biggest difference was the club became certain there would no longer be problems with money.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The first time I was there there were huge financial problems but once INEOS arrived &#8211; they went. I saw Jim sometimes but he only visited training sessions once or twice &#8211; not more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We never felt the pressure about Jim because in this period I saw much more of his brother Bob. I only saw Jim three or four times overall. It was clear that the big boss of the first-team during that situation was our director of football, Julien Fournier.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>In news that will be of encouragement to United fans, Ursea disclosed that Nice started to increase the amount of money that they spent on players.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ursea said: &#8216;After I left, INEOS began spending more money on transfers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/23\/77976039-0-image-a-88_1700350909756.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ursea recalled that Ratcliffe rarely visited the Nice training ground, with his brother Bob more present<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They spent around \u20ac60million in the market. Before, the club wouldn&#8217;t permit a transfer that cost more than \u20ac5m or \u20ac6m.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Then Nice started to have the power to spend up to \u20ac15m on players because with INEOS the money was there. It was very important to save the situation &#8211; relegation would have been a catastrophe for the club. Maybe INEOS would have left, I honestly don&#8217;t know. I&#8217;m very proud that we saved the situation with our players, staff and president because it was a really, really, difficult period.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ursea indicated that INEOS will make specialist appointments at United that will suit the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;INEOS are in Switzerland with Lausanne and they&#8217;re still committed within the life of the club. They are businessmen but beyond that they nominate the specialist people who know what&#8217;s truly inside the football club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think it will be the same thing in Manchester United as in Nice. They want to construct a galaxy like Red Bull or the City Football Group. Jim is a business person and businessman but I think and know that he also loves Manchester United.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12766393\/Former-Nice-boss-Adrian-Ursea-offers-encouragement-Sir-Jim-Ratcliffes-investment-boost-Manchester-Uniteds-spending-power.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Nice boss Adrian Ursea offers encouragement that Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s investment will boost Manchester United&#8217;s spending power Adrian Ursea feels Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s investment will boost Manchester United\u00a0 Ursea previously managed Nice, who are owned by Ratcliffe&#8217;s INEOS group\u00a0 Southgate&#8217;s loyalty to his players is an issue and a weakness &#8211; 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