Lewis Hamilton drops Man Utd takeover hint
FT Desk
- 4 Sept 2022 09:04 BST
- 3 min read
Formula 1 legend Lewis Hamilton is interested in joining Sir Jim Ratcliffe in ownership should the Glazer family decide to sell Manchester United.
Gary Neville has been perhaps the most visible and vocal critic of the Glazer regime at Old Trafford this summer, repeatedly urging the owners to sell on social media.
United spent big in the summer, dropping more than €260 million in the transfer market to bring Antony, Casemiro, Lisandro Martinez and Tyrell Malacia to the club, but the Red Devils remain without a Premier League title since Sir Alex Ferguson's last, in 2013.
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Erik ten Hag replaced Ralf Rangnick as coach May, and there is hope among the support that there will be further changes upstairs, with Ratcliffe - who owns Ligue 1 side Nice - the latest to be linked with a bid for the club.
Hamilton help?
The UK's richest man might not go in alone, however, with Hamilton effusive about his potential involvement ahead of this weekend's Dutch Grand Prix.
"I haven't had a call from him asking if I want to be involved in that just yet," he conceded. "But I do want to get more and more involved in teams because I really do believe in black ownership, there is a lack of it in sports. And black equity, again, there is a real lack of that."
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The world's richest man Elon Musk previously sent Red Devils followers into a frenzy recently when he hinted that he could buy the club, posting on Twitter that: "Also, I'm buying Manchester United ur welcome."
He then clarified his remarks, stating: "No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I'm not buying any sports teams. Stand-up is my side-hustle.
"Although, if it were any team, it would be Man U. They were my fav team as a kid."
