Sir Jim Ratcliffe met Erik ten Hag and Manchester United players on a visit to the club’s Carrington training ground this week as the billionaire and his team get down to work.
Ineos owner Ratcliffe saw his £1.3billion investment in a 25 per cent stake and control of United’s football operations confirmed on Christmas Eve.
On Thursday, the 71-year-old and Ineos director of sport Sir Dave Brailsford paid a visit to Carrington.
They were pictured meeting manager Ten Hag as well as men’s team striker Rasmus Hojlund and women’s team players Millie Turner, Katie Zelem and Aoife Mannion.
Ratcliffe and Brailsford also met women’s team manager Marc Skinner, plus members of the club’s academy sides and performance staff during their visit.
They also went to Old Trafford for meetings with the wider club workforce and held an all-staff meeting as they get down to business at United.
The £1.3bn deal is still subject to approval by the Premier League, a process which could take a few more weeks, but United said in the interim ‘the Ineos team are meeting people from across the club to understand the performance challenge and how they help return United to the top of English, European and world football.’
Their aim is to restore United to the high standards and success seen during Sir Alex Ferguson’s era.
Mail Sport was told Brailsford did most of the talking during introductory meetings with United staff, but Ratcliffe was very visible.
Ten Hag, who is under pressure to turn around a highly disappointing season so far, attended at least one of the meetings as well as having a private audience with Ratcliffe.