Erik ten Haag confirms he has met potential Manchester United Owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe on Friday during British billionaire talks to buy the club.
Ratcliffe and other members of his consortium met United CEO Richard Arnold at Old Trafford on Friday morning before visiting the Carrington training base.
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Ten Haag was introduced to Ratcliffe, chairman and chief executive of chemical company INEOS, at Carrington on Thursday night after returning to Manchester. 1-0 win over real betis in the Europa League.
Ten Haag told a news conference, “I just met him, we shake hands, I’m concentrating on the game. We have a big game on Sunday, all our attention is on him, other people at the club potentially Working with investors. on Friday afternoon.
Ratcliffe was at Old Trafford after 24 hours Representatives of Qatari businessman Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani also met joint officials on Thursday to discuss their takeover bid.
The club hope to have clarity on the ownership situation by the end of the season and Ten Haag insists his sole focus is on the run-in, starting with Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final fulham,
“At the moment my job is to focus on the game so let’s talk about the game, it’s a big competition and we have to be ready for it,” he added.
without ten hugs casemiro The Brazilian midfielder was ruled out of the first game of his four-game suspension following his red card against Fulham 0-0 draw with southampton,
bruno fernandes And Fred is almost certain to start either Marcel Sabitzer Or Scott McTominay Coming in to replace Casimiro.
“Without Casemiro we had many more games,” Ten Haag said.
“Without Casemiro we did really well armoryLeeds and also at the start of the season but I want to make Casemiro available. He has a lot of influence on our game.
“We have also won many games without Casemiro so he is not available so we have to make do with many players.”