Soccer-United fans excited by INEOS interest but new owners don't guarantee success


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Women's Super League - Manchester United v Aston Villa - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - December 3, 2022 Images of the Manchester United women players displayed outside Old Trafford before the match Action Images via Reuters/Ed Sykes

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - With INEOS CEO Jim Ratcliffe joining the race to buy Manchester United, fans of England's most successful club are excited about a future free from the much derided Glazer family, who they have protested against since the Americans bought the club in 2005.

However, if recent incoming owners of Premier League clubs are anything to go by, supporters should brace themselves for more upheaval among the coaching staff and squad, just when things appear to be clicking on the pitch.

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