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The Glazers and Sir Jim Ratcliffe have reportedly made an agreement not to criticise eachother following the INEOS owner’s impending partial takeover at United.
Ratcliffe’s purchase of a 25 per cent share of the club for £1.3billion was completed on Christmas Eve after months of negotiations and Premier League ratification of the deal in the new year will see the petrochemicals magnate take control of football operations.
Mail Sport already revealed that United must consult Ratcliffe if they want to sack Erik ten Hag or sign any players while the INEOS investment is being ratified.
However, it’s now emerged that, following the release of a 241-page document containing the finer details of the partial takeover, the Glazers and Ratcliffe have struck another deal.
According to The Times, included in the document is a section that says Ratcliffe’s Trawlers Limited can not to make public statements that ‘constitute an ad hominem attack on, criticise, or otherwise disparage, the sellers [The Glazers], the company [United] or their respective affiliates’.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s bid to purchase 25 per cent stake in United was confirmed on Christmas Eve
As part of his arrival, a deal has been made between the Glazers and Ratcliffe that they will not publicly criticise one another
The outlet also report that the document that the Glazer family must, similarly, refrain from any public criticism of their new investor too.
Meanwhile, in the wake of Ratcliffe’s impending arrival, the Glazers reportedly wrote to Man United staff to instruct them not to discuss Ratcliffe’s minority takeover.
The Daily Star claim that the club chiefs sent an email to all employees warning them not to talk to the media, friends or even their own families about Ratcliffe’s £1.3billion investment in the club.
The letter reportedly read: ‘Please note that there are…