In the bathroom of the INEOS HQ in Knightsbridge a sign gives staff simple instructions on how to use the toilet brush so that the cleaners do not have to. The expectation is clear – you clean up after yourself.
Moments later, a man who has just paid a fortune to erase someone else’s mess at Britain’s biggest football club strides into a nearby meeting room.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe looks as relaxed as one can be, having dropped more than £1bn to take a 25 per cent in what, Chelsea aside, is the Premier League’s prime basket case.