There has been a \u2018huge twist\u2019 in the future of Marcus Rashford, with Manchester United facing a \u2018\u00a360m loss\u2019 after another \u2018staggering blow\u2019 financially.<\/p>\n
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Rat race It is a \u2018staggering blow\u2019 and Ruben Amorim might as well throw his transfer ideas<\/strong><\/a> out of a window which is probably about to be made redundant.<\/p>\n \u2018Ratcliffe was ranked fourth in the 2024 list and topped the standings in 2018,\u2019 writes Senior Sports Reporter\u00a0Fasika Zelealem. \u2018But he has now fallen to become the seventh-richest individual in Britain, behind the likes of Sir James Dyson and Gopi Hinduja and family, who sits atop the list.\u2019<\/p>\n Christ. How embarrassing for Sir Jim to trail Sir James and only five other unthinkably rich people in Britain. There\u2019ll be no Matheus Cunha then; I\u2019ll tell the children.<\/p>\n Ratcliffe wasn\u2019t even in the top ten in 2021 or 2022 but this will undoubtedly bring shame upon his entire family.<\/p>\n \u2018The INEOS chief, who competed a deal to buy into\u00a0United\u00a0last year, was worth \u00a323.519billion in the 2024 Rich List. However, that has now decreased by \u00a36.473bn to \u00a317.046bn.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n There goes the Europa-winning BBQ<\/strong><\/a>. Although it does feel like a clue to explain some of those losses might be found in the sentence \u2018the INEOS chief, who competed a deal to buy into\u00a0United\u00a0last year\u2026\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018Mirror Football\u00a0has reached out to Ratcliffe and INEOS for comment.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Maybe don\u2019t wait up for a response.<\/p>\n Is there any insight whatsoever into how this \u2018staggering blow\u2019 stands to ruin Ruben Amorim\u2019s \u2018ambitious summer transfer plans\u2019? Of course not. Ratcliffe, the owner of\u00a028.94% of Manchester United, and whose individual net worth remains about on par with that of Manchester City\u2019s owners, will probably be fine.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Reach the plummet If that\u2019s a \u2018plummet\u2019 then how on earth do they plan on describing moving from 8th to 16th in the Premier League table<\/strong><\/a>?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n At a loss for words Except valuing a player they absolutely didn\u2019t want to sell at \u00a3100m in April 2024 and valuing a player they absolutely do want to sell at \u00a340m in\u00a0May 2025 is not really a \u2018\u00a360million loss\u2019, is it? Especially in a pure profit sense<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Rash decision They all also seem desperate to wilfully misunderstand the point of a buy option, which it was widely reported Villa had when they loaned him.<\/p>\n \u2018Marcus Rashford could move for \u00a340m to a team other than Aston Villa should\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0receive a bid of this value despite the Midlands club having an option to buy him for that sum\u2019 \u2013 Jamie Jackson,\u00a0The Guardian<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u2018Manchester United\u00a0have set a price tag of \u00a340m on\u00a0Marcus Rashford,\u00a0but\u00a0Aston Villa\u00a0do not have the first option to buy\u2019 \u2013 Amar Mehta, Sky Sports<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Marcus Rashford\u00a0can leave\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0for \u00a340million this summer, but\u00a0Aston Villa\u00a0do not have first option on the England star\u2019 \u2013 Chris Wheeler, Daily Mail<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u2018Marcus Rashford believes Manchester United would be prepared to sell him for \u00a340m to anyone this summer, not just Aston Villa\u2019 \u2013 Simon Stone, BBC Sport<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u2018Marcus Rashford can leave\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0for \u00a340million this summer \u2013 but\u00a0Aston Villa\u00a0do not have first refusal on the England forward\u2019 \u2013 David McDonnell, Daily Mirror<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u2018Marcus Rashford will be able to leave\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0for \u00a340 million this summer but\u00a0Aston Villa\u00a0do not have first refusal on the England forward\u2019 \u2013 James Ducker, Daily Telegraph<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Mediawatch is being gaslit here. It has specifically only ever been said since they loaned him that Villa have a \u00a340m buy option<\/strong><\/a>. No-one thought they had secured an obligation to buy or even first refusal on a deal for Rashford because that was never reported on or even vaguely alluded to at any point whatsoever over the last three months.<\/p>\n So no, Villa do not have something no-one ever thought they did. Thanks for that. They also don\u2019t have an obligation to buy Marco Asensio for \u00a3427m. Is that how this works?<\/p>\n It\u2019s just a bizarre non-update, typified by this nonsense Daily Mirror website<\/strong> headline:<\/p>\n \u2018Manchester United name price for Marcus Rashford but summer exit takes huge twist\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Manchester United named their price when Villa negotiated a \u00a340m buy option in February. And that \u2018huge twist\u2019 is that said buy option is not a first option or indeed anything other than the sodding buy option everyone thought it was and has been told it was for months.<\/p>\n Yet only now \u2018it has emerged Villa\u00a0do not have first option on the 27-year-old\u2019? Do we need to be told everything privately by Rashford\u2019s representatives for it to \u2019emerge\u2019 now, no matter how obvious it was before?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Like we did last summer Tomorrow\u2019s @SunSport<\/a> back page:<\/p>\n \u00a340M RASH DASH<\/p>\n Marcus Rashford is available to all for \u00a340million this summer \u2013 because Aston Villa do NOT have first option. pic.twitter.com\/WkfS9ielvI<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sun Sport (@SunSport) May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s a \u2018twist\u2019 even\u00a0M. Night Shyamalan couldn\u2019t dream up.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>\u2018Ratcliffe loses \u00a36.5 BILLION of total wealth in staggering blow for Man Utd and manager Amorim\u2019s ambitious summer transfer plans,\u2019 is a headline worthy of topping the Daily Mirror website<\/strong> on any day, so unequivocal it is in underlining just how financially screwed one of the world\u2019s biggest clubs is.<\/p>\n\n
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<\/strong>\u2018Sir Jim Ratcliffe suffers a 10-figure loss in his fortune as Man United\u2019s billionaire co-owner plummets down rich list after costly first year in charge,\u2019 is how the MailOnline<\/strong> describe a fall from fourth to seventh.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>There is further dreadful fiscal news for Manchester United from the Daily Mirror website<\/strong> as they \u2018could take a \u00a360million loss on\u00a0Marcus Rashford\u00a0in the space of a year\u2019.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>The Rashford stuff on Friday morning is funny as numerous outlets have parroted the same line fed to them about Rashford being available for \u00a340m this summer<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
<\/strong>And somehow it constitutes actual back page news:<\/p>\n\n