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By Joe Easton

January 17, 2023 at 7:25 PM UTC

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British billionaire and Manchester United fan Jim Ratcliffe officially joined the race to buy the English soccer giant.

“I can confirm that we have formally put ourselves into the process,” a spokesman for Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group AG, said by email. Ratcliffe becomes the first potential bidder to publicly declare an interest in purchasing the team.