{"id":299998,"date":"2023-12-21T12:23:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T12:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299998"},"modified":"2023-12-21T12:23:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T12:23:55","slug":"kasper-schmeichel-backs-sir-jim-ratcliffe-for-success-at-man-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/kasper-schmeichel-backs-sir-jim-ratcliffe-for-success-at-man-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasper Schmeichel backs Sir Jim Ratcliffe for success at Man United"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Kasper Schmeichel backs Sir Jim Ratcliffe for success at Man United&#8230; as he hails the &#8216;incredible&#8217; British billionaire&#8217;s &#8216;massive ambitions&#8217; for the Red Devils and reveals how he helped him at Nice<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kasper Schmeichel spent a season with French side Nice after leaving Leicester<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>While at Nice, he came across incoming Man United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s extraordinary how people behave in football stadiums\u2026 champion Ollie Watkins for what he did to dish it out to the fans &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kasper Schmeichel has heaped praise on Sir Jim Ratcliffe and backed him for success at Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>The British billionaire&#8217;s \u00a31.3bn deal to buy 25 per cent of the Old Trafford club is nearing completion after a\u00a0long-winded sale process that began in November 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It could be ratified imminently, with Ratcliffe &#8211; who also owns French side Nice and Swiss outfit FC Lausanne-Sport &#8211; expected to take control of footballing matters at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Schmeichel spent last season with Nice after joining from Leicester, but endured a difficult campaign and saw his contract terminated by mutual consent this summer after he made 46 appearances in all competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But, despite his tough spell in France, the 37-year-old gave an insight to United fans as to what to expect with Ratcliffe and hailed the Ineos chief.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/10\/79208591-12889325-image-a-2_1703154954906.jpg\" height=\"324\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kasper Schmeichel lauded Sir Jim Ratcliffe and backed him for success at Manchester United<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/10\/79208451-12889325-image-a-3_1703154993600.jpg\" height=\"412\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Schmeichel spent last season with French side Nice, who the British billionaire also owns<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=5fVd1BCUDVw%3Frel%3D0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was a difficult year (at Nice),&#8217; Schmeichel told Sky Sports. &#8216;But without Jim, without Dave Brailsford (Ineos Director of Sport) and Josh Thompson I wouldn&#8217;t have been able to get through it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They were incredible, so supportive. I know first hand they have massive ambitions for Man United if they are to get it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And I haven&#8217;t seen any venture they&#8217;ve turned their hands to and not been successful.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think it&#8217;s just important that Man United fans give them time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In a wide-ranging interview, Schmeichel also discussed how he never wanted to leave Leicester in the summer of 2022, while he also gave further insight into his difficult spell with Nice.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;It started (to go wrong) on day 1 to be honest. It was made very clear to me on my first day that I wasn&#8217;t the future of the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was told that by certain people within the club I wasn&#8217;t the future having just signed a three-year contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/10\/79208439-12889325-image-a-4_1703155161280.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite enduring a tricky spell at Nice, he insisted Ratcliffe was &#8216;incredible and so supportive&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/21\/10\/79208437-12889325-image-a-5_1703155242623.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Dane racked up 479 appearances over 10 years at Leicester and won the Premier League<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, with a show every Monday and Thursday this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It kind of stopped me in my tracks in terms of settling down, buying a home and all of this that we were going to do and then to get that kind of message early doors was surprising and not something I&#8217;ve tried before.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Schmeichel has since moved onto Anderlecht in Belgium, but he will always be remembered for his 10-year stint at Leicester.<\/p>\n<p>The Dane racked up 479 appearances for the Foxes and was a crucial part of the Claudio Ranieri&#8217;s team as they won the Premier League against all odds in 2015-16.<\/p>\n<p>Schmeichel &#8211; 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