The influence of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS team will stretch beyond football operations, Manchester United staff have been told.
When the petrochemicals billionaire agreed to buy a 25 per cent stake in the club it was announced that his group would purely take control of matters on the field at Old Trafford.
However, in a group call with workers on Wednesday interim chief executive Patrick Stewart disclosed that such a situation is impractical and that there will be a broader scope given the undeniable link between United's commercial and sporting operations.