Sir Jim Ratcliffe will need more than wealth to end the Glazers' toxic ownership at Manchester United

Sir Jim Ratcliffe resides in Monaco and another Greater Mancunian lives nearby in the Principality: Paul Mitchell.

Manchester United fans have a hang-up with the Monaco director of football Mitchell almost as much as Ratcliffe and a collaboration back home would surely be feasible if Ratcliffe was to take majority ownership of his boyhood club.

By moving from Hampshire to Monaco, Ratcliffe is estimated to have saved £4billion in taxes and his estimated worth in The Sunday Times Rich List is £6.075bn.

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Some believe the Glazer family have to improve the United's cash flow by bringing in an investment partner or selling. Ratcliffe's ventures into sport - cycling, sailing, marathon running and football - suggest he would not settle for a minority investment in United.

Sources believe the biggest issue Ratcliffe could encounter is the six Glazer siblings on the United board - Joel, Avram, Bryan, Edward, Kevin and Darcie - have total voting power. Ratcliffe made his wealth by acquiring businesses and making them more profitable, so he would be unlikely to settle for a minority share.

The Glazers own roughly 69% of United but retain control as they own all of the class B shares - which have more voting power than class A shares.

Bloomberg reported in the wake of Elon Musk's irreverent tweet about United the Glazers were considering selling their minority shares but "the family is not yet ready to cede control of Manchester United".

The Glazers' ego cannot be underestimated. As toxic as the atmosphere around United currently is, the Glazers have weathered storms before.

There is a safe distance - the Atlantic Ocean - between them and disgruntled matchgoers for them to