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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jamie Jackson

Michael Carrick says he has not spoken to Jim Ratcliffe since last month

Michael Carrick
Michael Carrick said Manchester United are ‘pretty strong as a group’. Photograph: Ash Donelon/Manchester United/Getty Images

Michael Carrick has revealed he and his Manchester United squad have not received an apology or a message of any sort from Sir Jim Ratcliffe after his claim that the United Kingdom has been “colonised by immigrants”.

Ratcliffe, United’s largest single shareholder and head of the club’s football policy, made the comments during a Sky News interview on 11 February. The outcry was strong and immediate, leading the 73-year-old to say the next day he was sorry if his “choice of language has offended some people in the UK and Europe”.

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