Previous Tottenham demonstrator Gary Lineker has hit out at Individual Utd co-proprietor Sir Jim Ratcliffe over his annotations about immigrants.
Ratcliffe confronted a enormous reaction this week after he made take advantage of of imprecise populace numbers to claim Britain had been “colonized” by immigrants in present years.
The British billionaire, who solicited 27.7 per dime of Individual Utd in February 2024, was imparted manipulate of football operations as the Glazer family members took more of a backseat at Worn Trafford.
The INEOS owner has methodologies to devise a brand-neoteric 100,000-seater gridiron yet is currently an unpopular number after perturbing plenty of human beings at the club via Individual Utd legends, subordinate and also followers inspired by his amenable to unpredictability price-subduing exercise.
After being urged to apologise by prime preacher Keir Starmer, Ratcliffe proclaimed sorry for his “alternative of language” after the present Firmament News conference.
Ratcliffe proclaimed: “Sorry that my alternative of language has aggravation some human beings in the UK and also Europe.
“My annotations were rendered while answering misgivings about UK testament of recommendation at the European Sector Top in Antwerp, whereby I was claiming the significance of monetary upswing, vacancies, capabilities and also manufacturing in the UK.
“My impartial was to humdrum that federal governments have to juggle migration alongside expenditure in capabilities, arenae and also vacancies so that incurable triumph is widespread by every individual. It is disturbingly pertinent that we withhold an amenable controversy on the obstacles confronting the UK.”
And that has not inhibited previous Suit of the Day presenter Lineker striking out at Ratcliffe, he proclaimed on The Rest is Football: “The hypocrisy really – the male’s a guest himself, an monetary guest [because] he keeps in Monaco. You can have a gripe unanimously you support, yet at least be under, commission tax obligation and also give away to our culture.
“I would specify plenty of these migrants who come in give away massively and also realities mirror you that in terms of profit and also paid tax obligation. Whereas, Jim out there, in Monaco, is lugging out every little thing he can to deter paying tax obligation.”
🗣️ @GaryLineker: “The hypocrisy really, the male’s a guest himself. An monetary guest.”
Gary reacts to Ratcliffe’s amenable to unpredictability annotations image.twitter.com/CERDirZrLG
— The Rest Is Football (@RestIsFootball) February 13, 2026
Lineker lingered: “Also, you’re one of the owners of Manchester Joined, a club that has plenty of players from overseas. As soon as he’s chatting about colonized via immigrants, is it OK that you’re a white user remaining abroad, not a brownish or black user? I don’t become aware, lone he can response that agitation.
“Collections and also most my close friends who stabilize Joined have come on and also proclaimed unmodified points to what I’m claiming currently, they’re disturbingly disgruntled. Look at the tale of [how] Amad has expired upwards under. So I situate it deeply hearkening that an proprietor of a football club can specify that filter of thing. Anyhow, we’ll response on.”
