Quoting Ferguson in front of a Cantona souvenir - what Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is like away from the cameras
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHarrods is the width of a couple of goalframes away from the entrance to the Ineos office. Expensive and tasteful art adorns the walls at reception and at twenty-to-two on a drizzly Wednesday afternoon, we are led up to the first floor.
Office space revolves around a plush open kitchen and Sir Dave Brailsford is on a Zoom call in one office. Sir Jim Ratcliffe later jokes "he's listening through the wall".
We are escorted into a briefing room with 15 leather-bound office chairs placed around the rectangular table. What immediately catches the eye is a mannequin with a resplendent red shirt bearing the number '7' pulled over it.
The collar is pulled up. "I think that is Eric's shirt, actually," Ratcliffe quips. READ MORE: Ratcliffe opens up on Mason Greenwood's future READ MORE: Ratcliffe explains why he wants to build a new Old Trafford It is the Manchester United home shirt between 1998-2000 - the Treble-winning shirt with the retro Umbro lining on the sleeves and a zip.
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