Greenpeace have urged Manchester United owners, the Glazers, not to accept any bid from Sir Jim Ratcliffe amid concerns that his chemical company, INEOS, is trying again to sportswash its image.
United fan Ratcliffe, whose personal fortune is estimated by Forbes to be around the £11million mark, went public with his interest in buying the club last week.
But the move has prompted outrage among environmentalists, who are convinced INEOS’s links with several sporting institutions is a tactic designed to take attention from the damage they claim the company’s business practices are doing to the planet.
