INEOS' director of Sport, Sir Dave Brailsford, has been a regular visitor at Old Trafford since the takeover, including the 3-2 win over Aston Villa, and had also reportedly travelled on away days to Nottingham Forest and Wigan Athletic to have a first-hand view of on-pitch matters at the club. He will now be joined by Ratcliffe against Spurs over the weekend along with the likely presence of INEOS chief executive Jean-Claude Blanc.