Man Utd dealt major takeover blow - Jim Ratcliffe wealth compared to Newcastle, Chelsea & Man City

Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani made a number of bids to complete a 100% takeover of Man United in a takeover saga that has spanned the entirety of 2023 so far. But after his last-ditch attempt to complete a full takeover from the Glazers failed, the Qatari businessman formally withdrew his proposal over the weekend.

The Glazers had been holding out for a £6billion offer for the club, which would have made Man United the most expensive sports club in history. INEOS chief executive Ratcliffe was previously credited with a full takeover of his boyhood club but is now looking to purchase an initial 25% stake in the club.

With an estimated net worth of almost £30billion according to the Sunday Times Rich List, Ratcliffe is the most wealthy individual in the United Kingdom.

But how does his wealth stack up against other Premier League club owners? Here is a list of all ownership groups ranked by their reported combined net worth...

Premier League’s richest owners 2023-24

1. Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, PCP Capital Partners, RB Sports & Media (Newcastle United) - £538billion
2. Sir Jim Ratcliffe (potential Manchester United minority owner) - £29.3billion
3. Sheikh Mansour, Silver Lake, China Media Capital & China CITIC Group (Manchester City) - £18.17billion
4. Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital Group, Hansjorg Wyss & Mark Walter (Chelsea) - £13billion
5. Stan Kroenke (Arsenal) - £10.65billion
6. Nassef Sawiris & Wes Edens (Aston Villa) - £9.8billion
7. John W. Henry & Tom Werner (Liverpool) - £8.1billion
8. Shahid Khan (Fulham) - £6.52billion
9. David Sullivan, Vanessa Gold & Daniel Kretinsky (West Ham United) - £6billion
10. Guo Guangchang, Liang Xinjun, Wang Qunbin (Wolverhampton Wanderers) - £5.7billion
11. Joe Lewis & Daniel Levy (Tottenham Hotspur) - £4.8billion
12. Steve Parish, Joshua Harris, David Blitzer & John Textor (Crystal Palace - £4.54billion
13. The Glazer Family (Manchester United) - £3.88billion
14. Farhad Moshiri (Everton) - £2.4billion
15. Bill Foley (AFC Bournemouth) - £1.2billion
16. Tony Bloom (Brighton & Hove Albion) £1.1billion
17. Evangelos Marinakis (Nottingham Forest) - £489million
18. Matthew Benham (Brentford) - £255million
19. Alan Pace, Michael Smith, Stuart Hunt (Burnley) - £190million
20. Abdullah bin Musa’ed (Sheffield United) - £158million
21. Paul Ballantyne (Luton Town) - £25million