Manchester United s funder loses 6.5 billion a year! Amorin s ambitious summer transfer plan takes a heavy blow

Even though Manchester United's poor performance this season has left Sir Jim Ratcliff in a low mood, the British billionaire's huge wealth has undoubtedly hit harder.

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has lost nearly £6.5 billion in wealth over the past 12 months. The British rich man's astonishing losses ranked first on the Sunday Times 2025 Rich List.

Ratcliff ranked fourth on the 2024 list and topped the list in 2018. He has now fallen to the seventh richest man in Britain, behind Sir James Dyson and the Gopi Sindouja family (top).

The Inex Group president completed the acquisition of Manchester United last year, with a net worth of 23.519 billion pounds on the 2024 Rich List, which has now dropped by 6.473 billion pounds to 17.046 billion pounds.

His wealth fell nearly £3 billion more than Sir Leonard Bravatnik, the second-ranked top ten in the list, whose wealth shrank by £3.5 billion. The Mirror football version has contacted Ratcliffe and Ineos for comment.

Although Ratcliff's net worth is still considerable, given the Red Devils' financial difficulties in recent years, it is not a good sign for fans who hope that the Faylesworth-born businessman will lead the team to the top quickly.

Since joining the club in February 2024, Ratcliffe has spoken out about the serious financial situation of Old Trafford.

Although the 13-time Premier League champion has always been one of the highest revenue teams in the world, the 72-year-old still shocked fans in an in-depth interview with Gary Neville in March.

He claimed at the time that without his investment of £232 million ($300 million), the club would have dried up this year. "Marteau United will lose money by the end of this year - November," he told the Manchester United legend.

Ratcliff (who has dominated the club's multiple rounds of layoffs since taking over) illustrates the seriousness of the financial situation: "From a business perspective, Manchester United has deviated from the track and deviated far. The data is quite terrible, and I think they have lost control of the direction of development and the costs have also been out of control."

"Simply put, operating costs (including all employees and fixed expenses) plus lineup costs (player salary and recruitment expenses), the club's spending has exceeded revenue in the past seven years, and eventually fell into a very difficult situation."

Given that Manchester United can only rank 13th in the league this season, if they can win the UEFA Europa League final against Tottenham on Wednesday, this season of a crushing defeat may be a little redemption.

victory not only means winning the trophy for the third consecutive season, but also the first champion of Ruben Amorin coaching the Red Devils, and is more likely to bring 100 million pounds to the club for qualifying for the Champions League.