“Man Utd Takeover Bidder Sir Jim Ratcliffe Emerges as UK’s Second Richest Individual with Astonishing Web Price”

SIR JIM RATCLIFFE has been named the UK’s second richest man.

The Ineos chief is making an attempt to purchase a majority stake in Manchester United, with SunSport revealing final week that he’s the popular bidder.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is the Glazers’ most well-liked bidderCredit score: PA

Ratcliffe, 70, is ready to beat off robust curiosity from Qatari Sheikh Jassim, who needs to purchase the membership outright from the Glazers.

Sheikh Jassim has risen his supply in a last-ditch try and beat off Ratcliffe’s bid – though the Brit’s proposal is alleged to nonetheless worth United extra extremely.

In accordance with the Sunday Instances Wealthy Checklist 2023, Ratcliffe’s fortune has risen considerably within the final 12 months.

Of their 2022 record he featured at twenty seventh, however this time round he’s as much as second after an eyewatering £23.613bn enhance in his fortune.

Ratcliffe’s price is now mentioned to be £29.688bn – solely behind that of the Hinduja household.

The Wealthy Checklist’s Robert Watts instructed the PA of Ratcliffe’s stand up the rankings: “This yr now we have new details about the complete scale of Ineos’ earnings and that has made us assured that Ineos is now price at the very least £40bn.

“Now we have additionally realized extra concerning the private property that Jim has amassed over the previous 25 years.”

Sheikh Jassim’s current last-ditch supply got here after Avram Glazer was noticed leaving a resort owned by the takeover hopeful’s father.

Photos printed by The Mirror confirmed Glazer leaving Claridge’s.

The resort is guardian firm of the Maybourne Lodge Group, owned by Sheikh Jassim’s father, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.

An enormous complication over the five-month promoting course of, which has seen THREE rounds of bidding, was the rising need by co-chairmen Joel and Avram Glazer to stay on the membership.

Ratcliffe’s supply would enable them to take action, in a minority possession capability.