<div id="readability-page-1">  <p><time datetime="2026-01-15T12:13:25+00:00">    Thursday 15 January 2026 12:13 pm  </time></p>             <figure>    <div>       </div> <img width="742" height="495" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2213376889-e1768479046273.jpg/query-dz03NDI?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2213376889-e1768479046273.jpg/query-dz03NDI"/>  <figcaption>Ratcliffe has owned OGC Nice since paying €100m for the French club in 2019</figcaption> </figure> <p>Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has cut his asking price for OGC Nice as he attempts to trim the French club from his shrinking Ineos sports portfolio.</p><p>Ratcliffe bought the Ligue 1 outfit for €100m in 2019, two years after the side based on the French Riviera had finished third in the domestic league, but put them up for sale last year.</p><p>The British billionaire was said to be seeking as much as €250m (£217m) for Nice but has now lowered the asking price to less than €200m (£173m), according to Bloomberg.</p><p>Ratcliffe has ownership stakes in three football clubs, with Swiss team Lausanne also part of his Ineos group, along with a sizeable minority holding in the Mercedes Formula 1 team.</p><p>But he has sought to slash his sports investments in recent years, pulling his funding from Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup team and cancelling sponsorship deals with both New Zealand Rugby and Tottenham Hotspur.</p><p>He engaged bankers Lazard to help find a buyer for Nice but a financial crisis in French football caused by the collapse of key media rights contracts has severely dented appetite from potential investors. </p><h2 id="h-why-ratcliffe-wants-to-sell-nice">Why Ratcliffe wants to sell Nice</h2><p>Ratcliffe’s ownership of Nice has caused complications for his running of Manchester United, where he has been in charge of football operations since paying £1.3bn for almost 29 per cent of the 20-time English champions.</p><p>European governing body Uefa’s rules on multi-club ownership forced Ratcliffe to change the ownership structure of the French club in order for Nice and Manchester United to compete in the Europa League last season.</p><p>Nice were also subject to a temporary ban on selling players to Manchester United, who had been interested in signing defender Jean-Clair Todibo, now of West Ham United.</p><p>Both clubs’ on-field fortunes have suffered a downturn, with Manchester United finishing 15th last season and Nice currently sitting 14th of 18 teams in Ligue 1.</p> </div>

曼联

<p>曼联的共同拥有者吉姆·拉特克利夫爵士已将他对法国尼斯足球俱乐部的要价从 2.5 亿欧元（2.17 亿英镑）降低至 2 亿欧元（1.73 亿英镑），因为他希望在法国足球面临财务危机的情况下出售该俱乐部。拉特克利夫拥有多支体育团队的股份，近期他已减少投资，包括撤回对多个体育项目的资金支持。他对尼斯的拥有权使他在曼联的角色变得复杂，导致欧足联对多俱乐部拥有权的限制影响了两家俱乐部的表现</p>

曼联的老板拉特克利夫降低了要价，试图出售俱乐部