{"id":300194,"date":"2023-11-23T10:09:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=300194"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:09:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:09:23","slug":"man-utd-can-forget-about-signing-joao-neves-if-ratcliffe-costs-club-140m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/man-utd-can-forget-about-signing-joao-neves-if-ratcliffe-costs-club-140m\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd can forget about signing Joao Neves if Ratcliffe costs club \u00a3140m"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Seven Man Utd transfers Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants answers for as trio set for January exits<\/h3>\n<p>Manchester United risk being banned from Champions League football next season if Sir Jim Ratcliffe completes his 25 per cent buy-in. Missing out would see the Red Devils forego a huge financial reward, reducing the likelihood of gathering the funds necessary to sign Benfica wonderkid Joao Neves.<\/p>\n<p>United are already operating on the edge of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations after a sequence of big-spending transfer windows. Erik ten Hag was allowed to splash \u00a3178million on new signings during the summer, leaving little room to manoeuvre in January.<\/p>\n<p>Neves is one of the players rumoured to be on the Dutchman&#8217;s radar, with reports indicating that United recently sent scouts to watch him in action for Benfica. But his staggering \u00a3104m release clause means that the Red Devils need to be in a healthy financial position to pull the deal off.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag&#8217;s prospects of a drastic squad overhaul in the near future are already slim, and bringing in stars like Neves could border on impossible if Sir Jim&#8217;s minority ownership sees the club miss out on Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <strong>Everything we know about Tottenham investigation as club risk points deduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/67\/590x\/secondary\/Sir-Jim-Ratcliffe-5080784.jpg?r=1700731347728\"><\/p>\n<p>The petrochemicals billionaire&#8217;s company, Ineos, already owns a controlling stake in OGC Nice. The French outfit are flying high in Ligue 1, sitting second in the table as the only unbeaten side remaining in the division.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA&#8217;s multi-club ownership rules stipulate that Nice and United would not be permitted to compete against one another in next season&#8217;s Champions League. If both teams qualify, the team that finishes higher in the table would get the green light.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Read more&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Arsenal have four transfer options to partner Declan Rice as trio near exit[FEATURE] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Barnsley kicked out of FA Cup and non-league side reinstated for second round[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Chelsea prepare for AC Milan &#8216;transfer meeting&#8217; with \u00a340m duo up for grabs[GOSSIP] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A place in Europe&#8217;s top-tier club competition is reportedly worth up to \u00a3140m in TV rights and potential prize money, so missing out on a technicality would be a crushing blow for either of the clubs in which Sir Jim is involved.<\/p>\n<p>United are currently sixth in the Premier League, five points off the top four. And Neves is just the kind of exciting prospect Ten Hag would love to bring in after a morale-sapping start to the campaign, which has seen his position as boss come under scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/67\/590x\/secondary\/Joao-Neves-Portugal-5080786.jpg?r=1700731347850\"><\/p>\n<p>Benfica boss Roger Schmidt has labelled 19-year-old Neves &#8216;world class&#8217;, along with team-mate Antonio Silva, who is also believed to have admirers at Old Trafford. &#8220;The players make a leap every year,&#8221; he told Sportschau.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an important part of the club\u2019s DNA. Players like Antonio Silva and Joao Neves, who have just come through the youth ranks and are now first-team players for me, weren\u2019t even known when I arrived here in 2022. Perhaps there is no club in Europe that has the same success in training world-class players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1838107\/man-utd-sir-jim-ratcliffe-joao-neves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven Man Utd transfers Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants answers for as trio set for January exits Manchester United risk being <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Man Utd can forget about signing Joao Neves if Ratcliffe costs club \u00a3140m - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/man-utd-can-forget-about-signing-joao-neves-if-ratcliffe-costs-club-140m\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man Utd can forget about signing Joao Neves if Ratcliffe costs club \u00a3140m - 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